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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smillie | Thomas | 1941 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by a haulage rope |
| Smith | Alexander | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Smith | Howard | 1924 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of stone |
| Smith | John J. | 1926 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Coal fall that had him buried for 2 hours |
| Smith | Thomas B. | 1938 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Died in pit from natural causes |
| Smith | Isaac | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Struck by trip of coal boxes |
| Smith | Edward | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Smith | Josiah | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Runaway mine car |
| Smith | Arnold S. | 1967 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage: Caught between box and timbe |
| Smith | George | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
| Smith | Albert | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Florence, on surface | Burnt at boiler doors, died 7 days later |
| Smith | William | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Smith | Angus | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Smith | James | 1901 | Pictou County | Vale | Crushed between a box and a rib |
| Snellgrove | James | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Painter; injured by ventilating fan |
| Snow | John | 1972 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | |
| Snow | John W. | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of coal |
| Snow | Albert Joseph | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Run over by trip |
| Snow | William | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Snow | William | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck head on roof when box jumped track |
| Snow | William | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone |
| Soloman | David Allen | 1928 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Run over by a full trip of boxes |
| Spellman | James | 1912 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Runaway empty box on Drummond #1 slope; 1 of 2 killed |
| Spence | Alex | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Draegerman; carbon monoxide post explosion |
| Spence | Ernel | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Spence | Percy | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Spencer | William | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Burned by compressed powder |
| Spencer | George | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Run over by horse and loaded box |
| Spiccochi | Higo | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 or Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal from face |
| Spoors | Mat | 1887 | Pictou County | Vale | Caught beneath a roof fall while timbering; 1 of 2 killed |
| Stanislaw | Edward | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Stanton | James | 1892 | Pictou County | Albion | Under engine hit by hoppers and run over |
| Steele | Thomas | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of roof stone |
| Steele | Alex | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Steele | James | 1936 | Cape Breton County | North Sydney Pier | Falling into pocket |
| Steele | John J. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Steele | Malcolm | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fatally injured from premature shot |
| Steele | Hugh | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | By full trip |
| Steineff | Audrey | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Stentley | William | 1914 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Stephenhardt or Stephenson or Tyopenhart | Joseph | 1939 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Hit by overhead iron booms, died 3 days later |
| Stephens | Wendall | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion 1A | Caught in conveyor in boiler room |
| Stephenson | John E. | 1912 | Cumberland | Scotia | Fall of stone |
| Stevens | Eldon | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Stevens | Charles L. | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Stevens | Freeman | 1942 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Struck by rake |
| Stevens | William | 1910 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Explosion |
| Stevens | Hugh "Dulie" Arthur | 1978 | Cumberland | River Hebert Coal Mine, formerly Cochran | Accident, blasting incident; died 29 days later |
| Stevenson | William | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Stevenson | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |