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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonar | William | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Desmond | William | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Sample | Winton | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Gabriel | Patrick | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Brennan | James P. | 1952 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 2 killed |
| Gould | John | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Davis | Andrew | 1952 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 2 killed |
| Davidson | Robert | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Nearing | Joseph | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Harris | Charles | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Desmond | Herbert | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Goode | Allen H. | 1952 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by haulage |
| Gallivan | Joseph | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Canning | William G. | 1952 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Found dead in mine |
| Ledger | Walter | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Hachey | Archibald J. | 1952 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Killed by haulage |
| MacDonald | Dan W, | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 24 | Fall of stone |
| Nelson | Vernon V. | 1952 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Wheatley | Leonard | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Skelton or Skilton | Hollis T. | 1952 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Nicholson | Bain | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| McGillivray | John | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Bell | Thomas | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2, #1 seam | Killed by haulage |
| Sampson | William | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Haulage |
| Nicholson | Thomas N. | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2, #1 seam | Killed by haulage |
| MacLean | John | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| Welch | Clarence | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2, #1 seam | Killed by haulage |
| Gower | Frederick | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Beaver | Fall of stone |
| Casey | James W. | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by haulage |
| Davis | Douglas | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 2 killed |
| Paul | Charles E. | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 2 killed |
| Ross | Thomas | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by haulage |
| Cottenden | William J. | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill (Cumberland Railway & Coal) | Electricity, on surface |
| MacKay | John | 1953 | Pictou County | McGregor | Haulage accident: thrown from trip |
| Geddes | James | 1953 | Pictou County | McBean | Haulage accident |
| Williams | Clarie | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of sotne |
| Cathcart | Lionel | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Haulage, surface |
| O'Handley | Malcolm | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Gas asphixiation; 1 of 2 killed |
| McLellan | Donald | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Gas asphixiation; 1 of 2 killed |
| Jamieson | Kenneth | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Michalik | Joseph | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Lipton | Dave | 1954 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | watchman, died suddenly at work |
| Beaton | John William | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by haulage |
| Mackie | Thomas | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| Copeland | James E. | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 5 killed |
| Beaver | John | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| Dykens or Daken | Layton A. | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 5 killed |
| McSween | Alex | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Construction |
| Fear | John L. | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 5 killed |
| MacKinnon | Dan | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |