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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livingstone | Henry | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Haddon | Henry | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Gordon | Henry | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Hickman | Henry | 1869 | Pictou County | Marsh Colliery (not Marsh mine) | Fall down shaft |
| Swift | Henry | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McLeod | Henry | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McLeod | Henry | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| LeBlanc | Henry J. | 1932 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed |
| Wilson | Henry J. | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Struck on head by stone |
| Leggett | Herbert | 1948 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| West | Herbert | 1921 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of coal |
| Armishaw | Herbert | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Lamb | Herbert | 1934 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft Power House | Collided with turbine in power house |
| Lamb | Herbert | 1934 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Collided with turbine in power house |
| Desmond | Herbert | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Armishaw | Herbert | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Massive gas and coal dust explosioni |
| Partner | Herbert | 1942 | Pictou County | Albion | Crushed between boxes |
| Woodland | Herbert | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by trip |
| Rogers | Herbert | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal, died 5 days later |
| Clarke | Herbert | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Kernekant or Heinekamp | Herman | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Alt | Herman | 1928 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by wood thrown from circular saw (on the surface) |
| Teichman or Tiechman | Herman | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| 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 |
| Nelms | Hubert | 1924 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Fall of coal |
| Isnor | Hubert | 1921 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| McGillivray | Hugh | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | Hugh | 1889 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of loose coal |
| MacKenzie | Hugh | 1911 | Pictou County | Vale | Riding an empty trip that derailed |
| McPherson | Hugh | 1924 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Caught between full box and timber |
| MacKenzie | Hugh | 1918 | Pictou County | Albion | Crushed by cars |
| Findlay | Hugh | 1907 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Killed on main slope by runaway box |
| Fraser | Hugh | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Cameron | Hugh | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Steele | Hugh | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | By full trip |
| Gillis | Hugh | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McDonald | Hugh | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| McInnis | Hugh | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Crushed between derailed box and timber |
| Robinson or Robertson | Hugh | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |