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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McGrath | Clarence | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Welch | Clarence | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2, #1 seam | Killed by haulage |
| White | Clarence | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Haulage |
| McLeod | Clarence | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Boyd | Clarence | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Carter | Clarence | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and 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 |
| Styles | Clair | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Harrison | Chesley | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Hines | Chesley | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Electrical Dept, DOSCO | Miscellaneous |
| MacDonald | Charles V. | 1974 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Struck by railway car; or jammed between 2 railway cars |
| Fraser | Charles Robert | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| 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 |
| Boutilier | Charles Jr. | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| Penny | Charles J. | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Caldwell | Charles J. | 1944 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Bump |
| 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 |
| Paul | Charles E. | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 2 killed |
| Gates | Charles E. | 1943 | Cumberland | Strathcona No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Roberts | Charles D. | 1925 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) | Carpenter; struck by wood thrown from circular saw |
| Pettigrew | Charles | 1924 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Vine | Charles | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of coal |
| Potts | Charles | 1915 | Pictou County | Albion | Crushed by a trip of coal |
| Carmichael | Charles | 1872 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Crushed by machinery |
| Lycom | Charles | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | influx of water; 1 of 6 killed |
| Nash | Charles | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Gouthro | Charles | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck and run over by full coal box |
| Harris | Charles | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| 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 |
| Cassidy | Charles | 1941 | Pictou County | Albion | Driver, injured on his job, died after; "died of shock" |
| Miller | Charles | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Lockhart | Charles | 1874 | Cumberland | Scotia (Northern) | Fall of coal |
| Burke | Charles | 1883 | Cumberland | Joggins | Fall of coal |
| 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 |
| McKay | Charles | 1913 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Killed by a riding rake |
| Jewell | Charles | 1920 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Curry | Charles | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Finlayson | Charles | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by trip |
| Lindsay | Charles | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| McNutt | Charles | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Burton | Charles | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Martell | Charles | 1873 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Crushed by wagons |
| Boutilier | Charles | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Rose | Charles | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Boram | Charles | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | influx of water; 1 of 6 killed |
| Jones | Charles | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone, died 6-7 weeks later |