Coal Mining Fatalities
This database contains 2497 known Nova Scotia coal mining fatalities. Names, dates, places, mines, and causes of death have been painstakingly compiled. Despite this, it is by no means a complete list. Fatalities occurred before records were kept; descriptions of incidents and those involved were lost along with coal company records. Official recording of multiple deaths may have missed some names; in some cases, names are misspelled. However, this is likely the most complete list that exists. Please contact us if you know names to add.
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| Surname | Given Name(s) | Year |
County |
Mine | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleming | Ross | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed |
| Fraser | Alexander | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Geddes | James | 1953 | Pictou County | McBean | Haulage accident |
| Haddon | Henry | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Harvey | Robert | 1867 | Pictou County | Cage pit | Gas suffocation |
| Horne | Wilfred | 1942 | Pictou County | Drummond No. 5 (Intercolonial No. 5) | Fall of stone |
| Johnson | John J. | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Kennedy | Rod | 1890 | Pictou County | McGregor | Struck by a rake |
| Lennon | James | 1926 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of stone |
| Lussem or Lussen | August | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| MacDonald | Jasper | 1926 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by falling timber prop |
| MacKenzie | A. D. | 1890 | Pictou County | Vale | Roof fall in Six-Foot Seam |
| MacLean | Alex | 1937 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 7 (Moss mine) | Fall of coal |
| Martin | Michael | 1901 | Pictou County | Albion | Whirled around a shaft |
| McDonald | Duncan | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McGilvray or MacGillivray | Wallace | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| McLean | J. | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| McPherson | James Jr. | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Moss | Arthur | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Nacas | Wentzell | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Partner | Herbert | 1942 | Pictou County | Albion | Crushed between boxes |
| Purvis or Purves | Andrew | 1956 | Pictou County | McGregor | Caught in underground haulage |
| Robinson | Robert | 1903 | Pictou County | Albion | Fell under rail car which passed over him |
| Ryan | Frank | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
| Sloan | Dan | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Stewart | William | 1874 | Pictou County | Black Diamond | Fall of coal |
| Thomas | Lewis | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Wamboldt | Harry | 1903 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall of stone at working face |
| Wright | James | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Wood | Jasper E. or R. | 1919 | Cumberland | St. George | Fell down slope, died 1 day later |
| McGrath | Clarence | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Landry | Fidele D. | 1910 or 1938 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Maloney | James | 1973 | Cumberland | River Hebert Coal Mine, formerly Cochran | Died of natural causes in mine |
| Fletcher | William | 1883 | Cumberland | Springhill | Killed by fracture of brake bolt |
| Armishaw | Jesse | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Carrigan | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Dupee | Joseph | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Kent | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McKinnon | Angus 2nd | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McLeod | Henry | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Pitt | Joseph | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Tattersal | Joseph | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Matheson | Hugh Thomas | 1895 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Taking down top coal |
| Wilson | James | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fatally injured by full rake of boxes |
| MacKinnon | Alex | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Bump |
| Jones | Moses | 1912 or 1913 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by rake in slope |
| Jerrold | Clement | 1918 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by empty mine car |
| Miskin | Wasil | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump caused fall of stone in room/bord; 1 of 2 killed |
| Morse | Harry | 1930 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 6 | Fall of roof; 1 of 2 killed |
| Maine or Main | Donald A. or Douglas | 1937 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Crushed by stone or wood on longwall |