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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pepperdine | Burrell | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Bobbie | Edward | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Halliday | Harry | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McDonald | Arthur | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| O'Brien | Harry | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Stevens | Eldon | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Wilson | George G. | 1901 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Run over by a loaded truck |
| MacKenzie | Daniel | 1901 | Cumberland | Joggins No. 3 | |
| McNeil | Dan H. | 1912 | Cumberland | Scotia | Fall of stone; also recorded as a casualty - not dead |
| Main | William | 1919 | Cumberland | St. George | Struck by runaway box |
| White | Wilfred | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Burke | James J. | 1940 | Cumberland | Victoria | Undetermined |
| Crocker | Frederick | 1884 | Cumberland | Springhill | Crushed between water box and timber |
| Bainbridge | Ernest | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Carter | Reed | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Ernest | Roger | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Legere | Samuel | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McKinnon | John 1st | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Morris | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Regan | Bruce | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Taylor | Douglas | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Gualtieri or Gaualtiere | Natali | 1895 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 slope | Fall from roof |
| Burns | Patrick | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Killed by passing rake |
| Elkin | Fred | 1906 | Cumberland | Springhill | Killed by trolleys on surface |
| Graham | Jabez | 1912 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal; 1 of 2 killed |
| Rooney | Ottie or Ronnie | 1918 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Stone rolled down fan slope, hit him on head |
| Reid | William S. | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump caused fall of coal |
| Nelson | William J. | 1929 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Caught between boom and car |
| Weatherbee | Albert | 1937 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Caught between rake and door |
| Michniak or Michmiak or Michneak | Emerson | 1943 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Crushed between packs caused by bump |
| Gabriel | Thomas | 1949 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump |
| Paul | Charles E. | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 2 killed |
| Hahnen | John | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Ferguson | William | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Draegerman; carbon monoxide post explosion |
| Pyke | Pleaman | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Bourgeois | Bliss | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Harrison | Cecil | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McDonald | Edward | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Perrin | Robert | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Stevenson | William | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| LeFavour | Emile | 1898 | Cumberland | Joggins No. 3 slope | Struck by cage loaded with box of stone |
| Stephenson | John E. | 1912 | Cumberland | Scotia | Fall of stone |
| Jowett or Gowett | John Ernest | 1920 | Cumberland | Victoria | cause not recorded |
| White | William | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Tipping | Royal Preston | 1940 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Injuries from collision of empty boxes |
| Scully or Soully | John | 1885 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Run over by cage |
| Bentcliffe | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Carter | Clarence | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Fife | Hiram | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Letcher | Frank | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |