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) Yearsort ascending County Mine Cause
Reynolds Wesley 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Harrison Cecil 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Rolfe Ernest 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Martel James 1958 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 20 Construction
Harrison Chesley 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Rose Charles 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
McEachern Bernard 1958 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Haulage
Henwood Harlan 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Ross Robert 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
MacDonald John Robert 1958 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Fall of stone
Holloway Isaac 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Ross Philip 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Lettuce William 1958 Cape Breton County Tomson Explosion
Hunter Hiram 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Ross St. Clair 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Podgurski Stephen 1958 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Haulage
Hunter Whylie or Wylie 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Smith William 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Walczak Wallace 1958 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Haulage
Hyatt Warren 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Spence Percy 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Sutherland David 1958 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 18 Haulage
Jackson John 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Stevens Eldon 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Jewkes William 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Stevenson William 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
LeBlanc Abbey 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Tabor Monty 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Legere Alfred 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Tabor Raymond 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
White Alfred A. 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Bump on March 18
Livingstone Gilbert 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Teed Henry 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Tabor Hollis 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Maddison John 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Turnbull William 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Aylward Ralph 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Marshall Thomas 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Welch George 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Backa Andrew 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
McCormack Lenard 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
White Carl 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Bobbie Edward 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
McDonald Arthur 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
White Albert 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Bourgeois Bliss 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
McDonald Edward 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Brine Henry 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
McDonald Harold 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Bryan Percy 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump

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