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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backa | Andrew | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Baillie | D. | 1883 | Pictou County | Albion | Killed by a runaway rake |
| Bainbridge | Ernest | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Baker | Thomas | 1900 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Derailed rake |
| Baldwin | Philip | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Ballantyne | George | 1915 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Run over by a trip of coal |
| Balog | Gustav | 1951 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Balzoni | Pietro | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Bannon | Henry | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck by trip |
| Banville | Patrick | 1981 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Heart Attack |
| Barcey | Clement | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Barclay | J. W. R. | 1907 | Pictou County | Albion | Killed on main slope by runaway box |
| Barclay | Thomas | 1932 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) | Fall of coal |
| Barnes | William | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Struck by runaway box |
| Barrett | Abe | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of stone |
| Barrett | Victor | 1924 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone and coal |
| Bartholemew or Bartholomew | Louis | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bartholemew or Bartholomew | Joseph | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bartlett | John C. | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal |
| Bastin or Baston | Andrew | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Batchford | David | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Bates | Willis | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Bates | John Thomas | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Batten | Joseph P. | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Baudoux | John maybe George | 1930 | Pictou County | Albion (Purvis slope) | Riding an empty trip that derailed; killed by falling timbers and stone |
| Baudoux | Alfred H. | 1949 | Pictou County | McBean | Killed riding a trip on the main slope; was McBean manager |
| Baxendale | Ellis | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fall of stone |
| Baxter | James | 1913 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of roof |
| Baxter | Robert | 1966 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage: Hit by runaway box |
| Baxter | William | 1910 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Baxter | Robert | 1969 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| Beasley | Isaac | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone from roof in room |
| Beaton | Alexander | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed; asphixiation by carbon monoxide |
| Beaton | George | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Beaton | David | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Beaton | Floyd | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Beaton | Kenneth | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Beaton | Wilson | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Drowned; 1 of 2 killed |
| Beaton | John William | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by haulage |
| Beaton | Philip | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Bras d'Or No. 1 | Caught between 2 cars, died 3 days later |
| Beaton | Malcolm | 1908 | Inverness | Port Hood | Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed |
| Beaumeister | Otto | 1914 | Inverness | Inverness | Fall of coal |
| Beaver | John | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| Bell | Larry Arthur | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Bell | Thomas | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2, #1 seam | Killed by haulage |
| Bellan | Joseph | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone in pillars |
| Bennett | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bennett | Elijah | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fatally injured, died an hout later |
| Bennett | Henry | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Falling boom |
| Bennois | John | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Explosion of powder |