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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowther | William | 1900 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Leg broken in fall of stone at working face |
| Partner | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Wilkie | William | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| McLutchy | William | 1890 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of stone from roof, died 5 weeks later |
| Cargig | William | 1900 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fell on pick handles |
| Burke | William | 1866 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of picks in shaft |
| Jones | William | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Stevenson | William | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Luffman | William | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Campbell | William | 1884 | Pictou County | Albion | Premature explosion of a shot |
| McKenzie | William | 1908 | Inverness | Port Hood | Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed |
| Rodgers | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Dunbar | William | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Forrest | William | 1944 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| MacIntosh | William | 1899 | Pictou County | Six-Foot Seam (became Acadia No.3) | Caught, crushed by revolving drum on hoist |
| Hendricken | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Crushed by coal tubs |
| Stevens | William | 1910 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Explosion |
| Burke | William | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| McLellan | William | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Turnbull | William | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Carey | William | 1905 | Cape Breton County | New Campbellton | Killed on main slope by the trip |
| Sumners | William | 1872 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Fell down shaft |
| Gumatto | William | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | uncertain if killed; confusing records |
| McLeod | William | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Killed by coal fall while removing coal leg |
| Wright | William | 1933 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Asphixiated by methane gas |
| Gillespie | William | 1913 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Caught between box at 4700 bottom |
| Roache or Roche | William | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| McLeod | William | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Muller | William | 1912 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of top coal at face of pillar |
| MacLeod | William | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Dixon | William | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, Sydney Mines | Runaway trip |
| McSephney | William | 1955 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by haulage |
| McDonald | William | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill | Fall of coal from face |
| Ludlow | William | 1969 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Haulage |
| Lowe | William | 1839 | Pictou County | Storr pit | Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Turnbull | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Under a falling derrick |
| Paterson | William | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of coal |
| White | William | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Whittle | William | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Morrison | William | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 8 | Struck by box |
| Elliott | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McCallum | William | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Went over surface dump with car |
| Driscol or Driscoll | William | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Slipped from car, wheels passed over him |
| Baxter | William | 1910 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Munsie | William | 1943 | Pictou County | McGregor | Crushed between a box and a steel boom |
| Snow | William | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone |
| Hurley | William | 1913 | Cumberland | Lawson | Tube of boiler burst |
| MacKenzie | William | 1903 | Pictou County | Albion | Jumped from moving train in mine yard |
| McKee | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Cyr | William | 1920 | Pictou County | Drummond No. 5 (Intercolonial No. 5) | Run over by an empty box |