Coal Mining Fatalities
This database contains 2498 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dawson | Gerald | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Ellis | Richard | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Ferguson | William | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Draegerman; carbon monoxide post explosion |
| Fisher | Lester | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Glennie | Avard | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Henwood | Victor | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Hunter | Angus | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Jones | William | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Lewis | Harold | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| MacDonald | Leslie | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| McCormick | Leonard | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| 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 |
| Spence | Alex | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Draegerman; carbon monoxide post explosion |
| Hale | George | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Killed by haulage |
| Mouland | George | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall |
| Spence | Ernel | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Alderson or Anderson | Ephriam | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Vickers | Leonard | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Franklin | Fall of stone |
| Styles | Clair | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Allen | Frank | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Paul | John | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Explosives |
| Farrell | Lawrence | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Gas asphixiation; 1 of 2 killed |
| Tabor | Donald | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Beaton | Floyd | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Burke | Frederick John | 1957 | Cumberland | Bayview | Fall of stone |
| Livingstone | Fred C. | 1957 | Pictou County | Greenwood No. 2 | Hit by a runaway coal box |
| Cameron | Angus | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| MacNeil | Charles | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Moseychuck | Victor | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Fraser | Gervoise Leo | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Aucoin | Dan F. | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Haulage |
| MacPhail | Clinton | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Bates | Willis | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Mitchell | Fred | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall of stone |
| Curry | Duncan | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall of stone |
| McVicar | John | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Johnson | Peter | 1957 | Pictou County | McBean | Fall of coal |
| White | Edward or Elwood | 1957 | Cumberland | Bayview | Fall of stone |
| Hunter | Whylie or Wylie | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| O'Brien | Harry | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Hyatt | Warren | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |