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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee | Charles | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of coal |
| Lockhart | Charles | 1874 | Cumberland | Scotia (Northern) | Fall of coal |
| Carmichael | Charles | 1872 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Crushed by machinery |
| Burke | Charles | 1883 | Cumberland | Joggins | Fall of coal |
| Dunbar | Charles | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Pettigrew | Charles | 1924 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| McKay | Charles | 1913 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Killed by a riding rake |
| Lindsay | Charles | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Curry | Charles | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Vine | Charles | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
| Nash | Charles | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| MacNeil | Charles | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Whidden | Charles | 1931 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Ferguson | Charles | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Halliday | Charles | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by rake |
| Cassidy | Charles | 1941 | Pictou County | Albion | Driver, injured on his job, died after; "died of shock" |
| McNeil | Charles | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by empty runaway train |
| Berger | Charles | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Killed by a trip of boxes |
| Brown | Charles | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 3 (Florence) | Fall of stone |
| Lycom | Charles | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | influx of water; 1 of 6 killed |
| Dye | Charles | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Killed by cars on surface, in colliery yard |
| Davidson | Charles | 1894 | Pictou County | Acadia | Squeezed by a box of timber |
| Munro | Charles | 1945 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Crushed by full box of coal |
| Martell | Charles | 1873 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Crushed by wagons |
| Ackles | Charles | 1909 | Cumberland | Jubilee, River Hebert | Killed by runaway box |
| Roberts | Charles D. | 1925 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) | Carpenter; struck by wood thrown from circular saw |
| Gates | Charles E. | 1943 | Cumberland | Strathcona No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Paul | Charles E. | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 2 killed |
| Lyons | Charles F. | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face, died 5 days later |
| LeBlanc | Charles F. | 1932 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed |
| Caldwell | Charles J. | 1944 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Bump |
| Penny | Charles J. | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Boutilier | Charles Jr. | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| Stevens | Charles L. | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Purdy | Charles L. | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of rock |
| Fraser | Charles Robert | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| MacDonald | Charles V. | 1974 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Struck by railway car; or jammed between 2 railway cars |
| Hines | Chesley | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Electrical Dept, DOSCO | Miscellaneous |
| Harrison | Chesley | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Styles | Clair | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Adamson | Clare or Carl | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Coal tank platform tilted, threw man down shaft; 1 of 4 killed being lifted in coal shaft |
| Carter | Clarence | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McLeod | Clarence | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McGrath | Clarence | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Boyd | Clarence | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| White | Clarence | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Haulage |
| Welch | Clarence | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2, #1 seam | Killed by haulage |
| Williams | Clarie | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of sotne |
| Barcey | Clement | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Jerrold | Clement | 1918 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by empty mine car |