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 |
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Hall | William | 1918 | Cumberland | Joggins | Fall of stone, died 14 hours later |
Nicholson | Phillip | 1911 or 1912 | Cumberland | Joggins | Fall of stone |
Pike | Jabez | 1894 | Cumberland | Joggins | Run over by full rake |
Ripley | Ira | 1906 | Cumberland | Joggins | Fall of top coal |
Shannon | George "Happy" | 1921 | Cumberland | Joggins | Electrocuted by shock from cable on pavement |
Burbine | John | 1913 | Cumberland | Joggins | Runaway boxes |
Burke | Charles | 1883 | Cumberland | Joggins | Fall of coal |
Jennings | Thomas | 1915 | Cumberland | Joggins | Fall of stone |
Gibson | Harry | 1915 | Cumberland | Joggins | Haulage rope breaking |
Sawyer | George | 1908 or 1909 | Cumberland | Joggins | Suffocated by smoke |
Coleman | John H. | 1908 or 1909 | Cumberland | Joggins | Suffocated by smoke |
White | Amos | 1889 | Cumberland | Joggins | Struck by rake in slope |
Terrio or Terris | Samuel | 1918 | Cumberland | Joggins | 2 runaway cars, died 2 days later |
Hardcastle | Edward | 1911 | Cumberland | Great Northern | Fall of stone |
Melanson | Frank | 1951 | Cumberland | Cochran | |
Hoeg | Jesse Havelock | 1959 | Cumberland | Cochran | Fall of stone |
Wood | Arthur or Thomas W. | 1910 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Explosion |
McPhee | David | 1913 | Cumberland | Chignecto | cause not recorded |
Liddle | Alex | 1904 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Caught between box & coal crib, died 9 days later |
Cormier | John | 1907 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Caught between car and bankhead |
Carson | James | 1908 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Fell down balance |
Lockhart | Dan | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Killed by cage going off track |
Hudson or Hodgeson | John | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |
Burrows | John | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |
Patton | William | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |
Stevens | William | 1910 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Explosion |
Gibbons | Peter | 1950 | Cumberland | Bayview No.8 or No. 7 | Killed by haulage, lived 1 day |
Dowe or Dow | Elroy | 1960 | Cumberland | Bayview No. 8 (Green Crow) | Killed by haulage |
Muckle or Muckie | David | 1943 | Cumberland | Bayview | Run over by trip |
White | Edward or Elwood | 1957 | Cumberland | Bayview | Fall of stone |
Burke | Frederick John | 1957 | Cumberland | Bayview | Fall of stone |
McDonald | Donald | 1885 | Cumberland | Westville or Springhill mine | Died after breaking legs |
Haslam | James | 1885 | Cumberland | Syndicate | burned by explosion of powder; 1 of 3 killed |
Tower | Thomas | 1885 | Cumberland | Syndicate | burned by explosion of powder; 1 of 3 killed |
Wilson | John | 1885 | Cumberland | Syndicate | burned by explosion of powder; 1 of 3 killed |
Venus | Donald W. | 1961 | Cumberland | Syndicate | Electrocution on slope |
Gilroy | Floyd O. | 1969 | Cumberland | Syndicate | Fall of stone |
Anderson | Arthur | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill, East Slope No.1 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
Cottenden | William J. | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill (Cumberland Railway & Coal) | Electricity, on surface |
Foster | Archie | 1904 | Cumberland | Aberdeen | Caught between box and chute; died on beaching bank |
Richmond | John A. | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
Adams | John | 1888 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
Smith | George | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
Chapman | George | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
Fraser | William K. | 1898 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
Dickson | Wlliam | 1927 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 7 | Struck by rake |
Harroun or Ronan | John | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 7 | Coupling cars, killed by moving cars |
Schwinghammer or Swinghammer | Fred | 1929 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 7 | Fall of stone |
Yorke | Eugene I. | 1932 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 7 | Fall of stone on Longwall |
Willigher | Mark | 1927 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 6 | Cause not recorded |