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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowlton | Everett | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of stone; 1 of 3 killed |
| Clarke | Kenneth | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| McLeod | Henry | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Bunton | Alexander | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Massive gas and coal dust explosioni |
| Allen | Fidele | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Legere | Alfred | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McLeod | Frank | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Ross | Robert | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McMasters | Earl J. | 1969 | Cumberland | Springhill, Syndicate Mine or Springhill No. 1 | Struck by empty trip |
| White | Amos | 1889 | Cumberland | Joggins | Struck by rake in slope |
| Stevens | William | 1910 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Explosion |
| Terrio or Terris | Samuel | 1918 | Cumberland | Joggins | 2 runaway cars, died 2 days later |
| Brine | Philip | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| LeBlanc | Charles F. | 1932 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed |
| Dowe or Dow | Elroy | 1960 | Cumberland | Bayview No. 8 (Green Crow) | Killed by haulage |
| Ferguson | David | 1877 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Run over by counter balance |
| Crawford | Clinton | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of frozen clay; 1 of 2 killed |
| Campbell | Alexander | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Dawson | Samuel | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Hayden | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McKay | H. J. | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McVey | David | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Nash | Henry | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Shipley | Archibald | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Anderson | Arthur | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill, East Slope No.1 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Cargig | William | 1900 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fell on pick handles |
| Cherrie | William | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | killed at the 2400-foot level |
| Krantz | Joseph | 1910 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Knobi | Fred | 1916 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal, died next day |
| Merlin | John G. | 1922 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Caught between pump and upright timber |
| Miller | Penman | 1926 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Fowler | Orrin L. | 1935 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of coal at 7100-foot level |
| Stevens | Freeman | 1942 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Struck by rake |
| Cochrane | William L. | 1946 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Killed by mine machinery |
| Bell | Thomas | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2, #1 seam | Killed by haulage |
| White | Leo | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of stone; 1 of 3 killed |
| Clarke | Ralph | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Millard | Victor | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| White | Alfred A. | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump on March 18 |
| Fraser | Harold | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Livingstone | Gilbert | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McNutt | Harold | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Ross | Philip | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Brown | Amos | 1892 | Cumberland | Joggins | Runaway rake in slope |
| Wood | Arthur or Thomas W. | 1910 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Explosion |
| Hall | William | 1918 | Cumberland | Joggins | Fall of stone, died 14 hours later |
| Burke | William | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| LeBlanc | Henry J. | 1932 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed |
| McKeigan | George Hector | 1978 | Cumberland | River Hebert Coal Mine, formerly Cochran | Fall of stone |
| Strong | William H. | 1878 | Cumberland | Springhill | Killed on surface |