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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Guthro | Thomas | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of frozen clay; 1 of 2 killed |
| Milley | John | 1900 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Struck and run over by rake on main slope |
| Henderson | William | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal |
| Bulmer | Walter | 1911 or 1912 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Struck by ginney (aka jinney or jig) or prop |
| MacKinnon | Alex | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Bump |
| Wilson | George G. | 1901 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Run over by a loaded truck |
| Burns | Patrick | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Killed by passing rake |
| Graham | Jabez | 1912 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal; 1 of 2 killed |
| DeGrace | James | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Cause not recorded |
| Davis | Ben | 1906 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Being buried by coal |
| McKenzie | Hector | 1912 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal; 1 of 2 killed |
| Melanson | Dosithe | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Cause not recorded |
| Clarke or Clark | Ernest | 1913 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fell off box |
| Bigney or Bignay | Alex | 1908 or 1909 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Burrows | John | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of roof stone on new balance no. 9 |
| Fisher | Henry | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal |
| Davidson | Adam | 1908 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fell into chute |
| Cunningham | William M. | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of rock on mail level |
| Hyatt | Percy | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Killed in return side of fire door conveyors |
| Jordan | Percy or Perdy | 1908 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Run over by rake |
| Purdy | Charles L. | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of rock |
| Ripley | Edward | 1908 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fell into chute |
| Sennio | Antonio | 1914 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Died in Halifax in 1914 |
| Weatherbee or Westhester | Melvin | 1908 or 1909 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Riding on full box |
| Burton | James | 1915 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Ridgeway | George | 1915 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Gallant | Lawrence | 1896 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 slope | Runaway in slope |
| Boran | John | 1898 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 slope | Fall of stone from roof in workplace |
| Skelton or Skilton | Hollis T. | 1952 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| 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 |
| Stevens | Freeman | 1942 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Struck by rake |
| Cochrane | William L. | 1946 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Killed by mine machinery |
| 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 |
| Brian or Bryan | Joseph | 1935 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Motor exploded on back slope |
| Crummey | Joseph | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Milton | Logan | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Daken or Dakin | Gilbert | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Morse | Russell | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Budd | Walter R. | 1937 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Dawson | Gerald | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Nelson | Lester | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Maine or Main | Donald A. or Douglas | 1937 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Crushed by stone or wood on longwall |
| Light | Fred J. | 1948 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Killed by haulage |
| Ellis | Richard | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |