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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vickers | Leonard | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Franklin | Fall of stone |
| Dawson | Gerald | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Paul | John | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Explosives |
| Ellis | Richard | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Farrell | Lawrence | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Gas asphixiation; 1 of 2 killed |
| Purvis or Purves | Andrew | 1956 | Pictou County | McGregor | Caught in underground haulage |
| Ferguson | William | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Draegerman; carbon monoxide post explosion |
| Gaul | Patrick | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Gas asphixiation; 1 of 2 killed |
| Fisher | Lester | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Young | John A. | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of timber |
| Glennie | Avard | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Boutilier | Charles Jr. | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| Henwood | Victor | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| McDougall | Daniel | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Hunter | Angus | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| McCormack | Archie | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| Jones | William | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Beaton | David | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Lewis | Harold | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Murrant | Edgar | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| 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 |
| Whittle | William | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Pepperdine | Burrell | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Hahnen | John | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Pyke | Pleaman | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| McVicar | John | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| 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 |
| White | Edward or Elwood | 1957 | Cumberland | Bayview | Fall of stone |
| MacNeil | Charles | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Burke | Frederick John | 1957 | Cumberland | Bayview | 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 |
| Johnson | Peter | 1957 | Pictou County | McBean | Fall of coal |
| 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 |
| Harrison | Chesley | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McNutt | Harold | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Henwood | Harlan | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Martel | James | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Construction |