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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McInnis | Donald | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Hallam | Ernest | 1959 | Pictou County | Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 2 Scott slope | Fall of coal |
| Hoeg | Jesse Havelock | 1959 | Cumberland | Cochran | Fall of stone |
| Salon | John | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| Boyd | Clarence | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Thorne | Wesley | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Haulage |
| Roach | David | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Haulage |
| Blois | John | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Four Star | Fall of stone |
| McLean | Wilmont | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| Rockett | Fred | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Haulage |
| McPherson | Angus | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| MacLeod | William | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| McLeod | Archie | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Fall of stone |
| O'Brien | Harry | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Fraser | Harold | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Perrin | Robert | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Gerhardt | Joseph | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Porter | Sterling | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Gillis | Gus | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Raper | Harold | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Goode | Kenneth | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Rector | Percy | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Halliday | Harry | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Reid | Joseph | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Harrison | Cecil | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Martel | James | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Construction |
| Reid | Layton | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Harrison | Chesley | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McEachern | Bernard | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Reid | Lester | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Henwood | Harlan | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| MacDonald | John Robert | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Reynolds | Wesley | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Holloway | Isaac | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Lettuce | William | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Explosion |
| Rolfe | Ernest | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Hunter | Hiram | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Podgurski | Stephen | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Rose | Charles | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Hunter | Whylie or Wylie | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Walczak | Wallace | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Haulage |
| Ross | Robert | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Hyatt | Warren | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Sutherland | David | 1958 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| Ross | Philip | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Jackson | John | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Ross | St. Clair | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Jewkes | William | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Smith | William | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| LeBlanc | Abbey | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |