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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Beaton | John William | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by haulage |
| Jamieson | Kenneth | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Copeland | James E. | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 5 killed |
| Michalik | Joseph | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Dykens or Daken | Layton A. | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 5 killed |
| Mackie | Thomas | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| Fear | John L. | 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 |
| Hunter | Wesley | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 5 killed |
| McSween | Alex | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Construction |
| Lorimer | Harold | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 5 killed |
| Boutilier | Gerald L. | 1955 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed on surface |
| McSephney | William | 1955 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by haulage |
| Reese | Lloyd | 1955 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by haulage |
| McMullin | Michael | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Roach | John | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Pittman | John | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Budden | Leonard | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Keating | Fred | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| McNeil | Arthur | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Fall of stone |
| McKinnon | Laurence | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Slade | Elijah | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Haulage |
| O'Leary | Vincent | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Haulage |
| Head | George | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Kennedy | Archie | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Fall of stone |
| Collin | Robert | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall of stone |
| McLellan | Ben | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| McLeod | Henry | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Millard | Victor | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Milton | Logan | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Morse | Russell | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Nelson | Lester | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Pepperdine | Burrell | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Whittle | William | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Pyke | Pleaman | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Hahnen | John | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Hale | George | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Killed by haulage |
| Spence | Alex | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Draegerman; carbon monoxide post explosion |
| Alderson or Anderson | Ephriam | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Spence | Ernel | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Allen | Frank | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Styles | Clair | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Beaton | Floyd | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Tabor | Donald | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Beaton | Kenneth | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Tower | William H. | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Betts | David | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Vance | David | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |