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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Surnamesort ascending Given Name(s) Year County Mine Cause
Taylor John 1873 Pictou County Vale Fall with tub in slope
Taylor Henry 1912 Pictou County Acadia Knocked down by horse and run over by full trip
Tattersal Joseph 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Tallia Angelo 1918 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of coal
Tabor Monty 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Tabor Raymond 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Tabor Fred E. 1938 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fall of stone
Tabor Donald 1956 Cumberland Springhill No. 4 Electricity-fired coal dust explosion
Tabor Hollis 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Tabbot John 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Swift Henry 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Sweet Eben 1902 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fall down chute
Sweeney John W. 1924 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fall of stone
Swarttzack Freeman 1968 Cape Breton County DEVCO No. 20 Natural Causes
Sutherland David 1958 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 18 Haulage
Sutherland David 1880 Pictou County Foord pit Devastating methane explosion
Sutherland J. W. 1902 Pictou County Marsh Dynamite explosion in office; frozen sticks put near heat to thaw; 1 of 3 killed
Sutherland Walter 1902 Pictou County Marsh Dynamite explosion in office; frozen sticks put near heat to thaw; 1 of 3 killed
Sumners William 1872 Cape Breton County Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) Fell down shaft
Sullivan John 1867 Cape Breton County Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) Crushed in mine
Sullivan Thomas 1880 Pictou County Foord pit Devastating methane explosion
Sullivan Peter 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Styles Clair 1956 Cumberland Springhill No. 4 Electricity-fired coal dust explosion
Stubbert Matthew 1903 Cape Breton County Reserve Mis-shot exploded while he was examining it
Stubbert Foreman 1884 Cape Breton County Reserve Fall of coal
Stubbart Alexandr or Alexander 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Stuart Kenneth 1901 Inverness Broad Cove Killed by runaway wagon in bottom of slope
Strople Ralph 1907 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal
Strong William H. 1878 Cumberland Springhill Killed on surface
Strathie Robert 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Strang Thomas L. 1929 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Donkey runner; caught in rope on drum
Stostak Wasyl 1913 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal and stone
Stoker Matthew 1968 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 26 Natural Causes
Stewart John 1936 Cape Breton County Colonial Struck by runaway trip
Stewart Daniel 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal
Stewart James 1934 Cape Breton County Colonial No. 1 Struck by coal boxes
Stewart D. McFarlane 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Stewart George 1873 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Devastating methane explosion
Stewart William 1874 Pictou County Black Diamond Fall of coal
Stewart Walter 1935 Cumberland Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) Fall of stone
Stewart James 1906 Pictou County Albion Struck by a rake
Stewart Alexander 1918 Pictou County Albion (Purvis slope) Coal box fell to the ground
Stewart Malcolm 1908 Cape Breton County Sydney Mines (Princess) Overwind man-shaft cage; 1of 2 killed
Stewart Wilkie 1903 Cape Breton County Sydney Mines Colliery; Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Tally boy, age 14; jammed between tub and tipple at pit head
Stewart Donald Sr. 1966 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 26 Haulage:Hit by a full trip
Stevenson William 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Stevenson James 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Stevenson William 1917 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Struck by prop, died 3 days later
Stevenson James 1943 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Coal tank platform tilted, threw man down shaft; 1 of 4 killed being lifted in coal shaft
Stevens William 1910 Cumberland Chignecto Explosion

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