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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teed | Henry | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McLeod | Henry | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Hickman | Henry | 1869 | Pictou County | Marsh Colliery (not Marsh mine) | Fall down shaft |
| Gillis | Henry | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Crushed between trip and rubbing rail |
| Haddon | Henry | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bennett | Henry | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Falling boom |
| Wilson | Henry J. | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck on head by stone |
| LeBlanc | Henry J. | 1932 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed |
| Leggett | Herbert | 1948 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| Partner | Herbert | 1942 | Pictou County | Albion | Crushed between boxes |
| Lamb | Herbert | 1934 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft Power House | Collided with turbine in power house |
| Woodland | Herbert | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by trip |
| Lamb | Herbert | 1934 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Collided with turbine in power house |
| Armishaw | Herbert | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Massive gas and coal dust explosioni |
| Clarke | Herbert | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Desmond | Herbert | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Rogers | Herbert | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal, died 5 days later |
| Armishaw | Herbert | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| West | Herbert | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of coal |
| Teichman or Tiechman | Herman | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Alt | Herman | 1928 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by wood thrown from circular saw (on the surface) |
| Kernekant or Heinekamp | Herman | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Weirich or Wetrich | Herman E. | 1943 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Caught in haulage rope |
| Jones | Hezekiah | 1922 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone and coal from face |
| Spiccochi | Higo | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 or Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal from face |
| Fraser | Hiram | 1920 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) | Struck by railway car on surface |
| Hunter | Hiram | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Fife | Hiram | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Tabor | Hollis | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Skelton or Skilton | Hollis T. | 1952 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Wells | Horace | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Works | Howard | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Simmons or Simmonds | Howard | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Smith | Howard | 1924 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of stone |
| Isnor | Hubert | 1921 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Nelms | Hubert | 1924 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Fall of coal |
| MacKenzie | Hugh | 1911 | Pictou County | Vale | Riding an empty trip that derailed |
| Robinson or Robertson | Hugh | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McDonald | Hugh | 1889 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of loose coal |
| McDonald | Hugh | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| MacKenzie | Hugh | 1918 | Pictou County | Albion | Crushed by cars |
| Findlay | Hugh | 1907 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Killed on main slope by runaway box |
| Cameron | Hugh | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Gillis | Hugh | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McElvie | Hugh | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | influx of water; 1 of 6 killed |
| McDonald | Hugh | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Severed artery in foot |
| McGillivray | Hugh | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McPherson | Hugh | 1924 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Caught between full box and timber |
| MacInnis | Hugh | 1924 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide suffocation after explosion; 1 of 4 killed |
| Fraser | Hugh | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |