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 |
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Large | William | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
Mirtan | William | 1872 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Powder explosion |
McKenzie | William | 1908 | Inverness | Port Hood | Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed |
Betts | William | 1914 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Boiler explosion in surface plant; 1 of 7 killed |
Morrison | William | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 8 | Struck by box |
Hannaham or Hanrahan | William | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
Wright | William | 1933 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Asphixiated by methane gas |
Stevenson | William | 1917 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by prop, died 3 days later |
Reid | William | 1929 | Pictou County | McGregor | Struck on head by falling jackhammer; died 5 weeks later |
Paterson | William | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of coal |
Henderson | William | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal |
Turnbull | William | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
Roach | William | 1861 | Pictou County | Bye pit | Methane explosion |
O'Brien | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
Driscol or Driscoll | William | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Slipped from car, wheels passed over him |
Turnbull | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Under a falling derrick |
Sumners | William | 1872 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Fell down shaft |
White | William | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
Hall | William | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Run over by full box |
Milburn | William | 1895 or 1896 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 slope | Thrown from cage |
McCallum | William | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Went over surface dump with car |
Elliott | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
Peters | William | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Killed by main drive-chain on bank, on surface |
Horne or Horone | William | 1895 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall from roof |
Lewis | William | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
McDonald | William | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill | Fall of coal from face |
Hurley | William | 1913 | Cumberland | Lawson | Tube of boiler burst |
Cyr | William | 1920 | Pictou County | Drummond No. 5 (Intercolonial No. 5) | Run over by an empty box |
Cann | William | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by trip |
Penny | William | 1928 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of coal |
Jones | William | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Steel railing falling from car |
Ferguson | William | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Draegerman; carbon monoxide post explosion |
Thompson | William | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone and coal |
Hutchinson | William | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Killed by cage |
Partner | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
Blake | William | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
Bonar | William | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
McKee | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
Rodgers | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
Oram | William | 1878 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Methane explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
Desmond | William | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
Vokey | William | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Loose coal from face |
Cooke | William | 1979 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Methane explosion, sparked by coal shearer hitting stone; 1 of 12 killed |
MacIntosh | William | 1899 | Pictou County | Six-Foot Seam (became Acadia No.3) | Caught, crushed by revolving drum on hoist |
Frew | William | 1906 | Pictou County | English Slopes (abandoned) | Methane exploded when boy lit match while playing near old slope opening; 1 of 2 killed |
Parsons | William | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
Lettuce | William | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Explosion |
Jones | William | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
Hamilton | William | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery; Nova Scotia Steel & Coal | Killed by runaway trip on slope |
Hendricken | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Crushed by coal tubs |