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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pashkoski or Pasoshki | Alexander | 1946 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Killed by haulage |
| Cameron | Alexander | 1888 | Pictou County | English Slopes (abandoned) | Overground as a boiler was being lowered |
| Smith | Alexander | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Handley | Alexander | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| Cameron | Alexander | 1906 | Pictou County | Vale | Run over by a hopper in pit yard |
| MacDougall | Alexander | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| Campbell | Alexander | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of loose coal from hung shot |
| Jamieson | Alexander | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Killed by cage |
| Ross | Alexander | 1872 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Methane explosion |
| MacLean | Alexander | 1980 | Cape Breton County | Prince | Crushed by bucket against wall of shaft |
| Morrison | Alexander | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of coal from pillar |
| McKinnon | Alexander | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Beaton | Alexander | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed; asphixiation by carbon monoxide |
| Ross | Alexander | 1911 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Struck by a rake |
| Gabriel | Alexander | 1918 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| McEachern | Alexander | 1882 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Killed by a rake of full pit tubs |
| Jessoe | Alexander | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Walker | Alexander | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Munroe | Alex W. | 1942 | Pictou County | McGregor | Hit by a trip |
| McDonald | Alex P. | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Crushed between boxes |
| MacKenzie | Alex J. | 1970 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Struck by a trip on the south angle |
| McNeil | Alex H | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Attempted to get on moving train |
| McSween | Alex | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Construction |
| Bigney or Bignay | Alex | 1908 or 1909 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Poirier | Alex | 1971 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Natural Causes |
| Campbell | Alex | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Dugas | Alex | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Colonial | Crushed between box and rib |
| McCosh | Alex | 1890 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of stone from roof |
| Liddle | Alex | 1904 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Caught between box & coal crib, died 9 days later |
| Rordenan | Alex | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Degaust | Alex | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone |
| Aexter | Alex | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) | Explosion |
| Young | Alex | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Haulage |
| McLeod | Alex | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Run over by trip |
| Borden | Alex | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of coal from face |
| McGillivray | Alex | 1871 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Killed in the Foord by gas |
| Caporallo | Alex | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by trip |
| Graham | Alex | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of stone |
| Dixon | Alex | 1943 | Inverness | Inverness No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| McDonad | Alex | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of coal |
| Glenn | Alex | 1895 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall from roof of working face |
| MacLean | Alex | 1867 | Pictou County | unidentified shaft being sunk or Cage pit | Methane explosion |
| McGowen | Alex | 1886 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Dropped dead at face by heart disease |
| Jenson or Jamieson | Alex | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Run over by a box |
| LeBlanc | Alex | 1927 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Crushed: 2 runaway boxes hit box he was lifting |
| Spence | Alex | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Draegerman; carbon monoxide post explosion |
| MacKinnon | Alex | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Bump |
| Foster | Alex | 1894 | Pictou County | Albion | Run over by a coal trip |
| Steele | Alex | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Nichelson | Alex | 1889 | Cape Breton County | Victoria |