Coal Mining Fatalities
This database contains 2498 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burton | Charles | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Lindsay | Charles | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McNeil | Charles | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by empty runaway train |
| Keigan | Charles | 1962 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| Ackles | Charles | 1909 | Cumberland | Jubilee, River Hebert | Killed by runaway box |
| Berger | Charles | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Killed by a trip of boxes |
| Bourgisk | Charles | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump caused fall of stone in room/bord; 1 of 2 killed |
| Miller | Charles | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Dunbar | Charles | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| McLeod | Charles | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Carmichael | Charles | 1872 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Crushed by machinery |
| Curry | Charles | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Munro | Charles | 1945 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Crushed by full box of coal |
| Pettigrew | Charles | 1924 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Potts | Charles | 1915 | Pictou County | Albion | Crushed by a trip of coal |
| Lockhart | Charles | 1874 | Cumberland | Scotia (Northern) | Fall of coal |
| Nash | Charles | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Lycom | Charles | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | influx of water; 1 of 6 killed |
| Brown | Charles | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 3 (Florence) | Fall of stone |
| Cassidy | Charles | 1941 | Pictou County | Albion | Driver, injured on his job, died after; "died of shock" |
| Ferguson | Charles | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Burke | Charles | 1883 | Cumberland | Joggins | Fall of coal |
| MacNeil | Charles | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Finlayson | Charles | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by trip |
| Jones | Charles | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone, died 6-7 weeks later |
| Roberts | Charles D. | 1925 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) | Carpenter; struck by wood thrown from circular saw |
| Paul | Charles E. | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 2 killed |
| Gates | Charles E. | 1943 | Cumberland | Strathcona No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| LeBlanc | Charles F. | 1932 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed |
| Lyons | Charles F. | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face, died 5 days later |
| 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 |
| Purdy | Charles L. | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of rock |
| Stevens | Charles L. | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| 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 |
| Welch | Clarence | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2, #1 seam | Killed by haulage |
| McLeod | Clarence | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Carter | Clarence | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Boyd | Clarence | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| White | Clarence | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Haulage |
| McGrath | Clarence | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Williams | Clarie | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of sotne |
| Jerrold | Clement | 1918 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by empty mine car |
| Barcey | Clement | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |