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)sort ascending Year County Mine Cause
Williams Clarie 1953 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Fall of sotne
Welch Clarence 1953 Cumberland Springhill No. 2, #1 seam Killed by haulage
McLeod Clarence 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Carter Clarence 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
McGrath Clarence 1930 Cumberland Victoria No. 2 Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed
White Clarence 1946 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Haulage
Boyd Clarence 1959 Cape Breton County Princess Fall of stone
Adamson Clare or Carl 1943 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Coal tank platform tilted, threw man down shaft; 1 of 4 killed being lifted in coal shaft
Styles Clair 1956 Cumberland Springhill No. 4 Electricity-fired coal dust explosion
Harrison Chesley 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Hines Chesley 1963 Cape Breton County Electrical Dept, DOSCO Miscellaneous
MacDonald Charles V. 1974 Cape Breton County DEVCO No. 26 Struck by railway car; or jammed between 2 railway cars
Fraser Charles Robert 1992 Pictou County Westray Devastating methane and coal dust explosion
Purdy Charles L. 1903 Cumberland Springhill No. 3 Fall of rock
Stevens Charles L. 1931 Cumberland Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) Explosion; 1 of 6 killed
Boutilier Charles Jr. 1956 Cape Breton County Princess Haulage
Caldwell Charles J. 1944 Cumberland Springhill No. 4 Bump
Penny Charles J. 1927 Cape Breton County Florence Fall of stone
Lyons Charles F. 1922 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of coal from face, died 5 days later
LeBlanc Charles F. 1932 Cumberland Maple Leaf No. 4 Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed
Paul Charles E. 1953 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Bump; 1 of 2 killed
Gates Charles E. 1943 Cumberland Strathcona No. 2 Fall of stone
Roberts Charles D. 1925 Pictou County Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) Carpenter; struck by wood thrown from circular saw
McKay Charles 1913 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Killed by a riding rake
Jewell Charles 1920 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
Whidden Charles 1931 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of coal
Rose Charles 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Finlayson Charles 1942 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Struck by trip
MacNeil Charles 1957 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Fall of stone
Carmichael Charles 1872 Cape Breton County Gowrie Crushed by machinery
Jones Charles 1929 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Fall of stone, died 6-7 weeks later
Burton Charles 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Lee Charles 1928 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 11 Fall of coal
Lindsay Charles 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
McNutt Charles 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Boutilier Charles 1942 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 4 Fall of stone
Ackles Charles 1909 Cumberland Jubilee, River Hebert Killed by runaway box
Halliday Charles 1945 Cape Breton County Princess Struck by rake
Dunbar Charles 1880 Pictou County Foord pit Devastating methane explosion
Dye Charles 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 7 Killed by cars on surface, in colliery yard
Brown Charles 1907 Cape Breton County Sydney No. 3 (Florence) Fall of stone
Bourgisk Charles 1923 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Bump caused fall of stone in room/bord; 1 of 2 killed
Gouthro Charles 1922 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Struck and run over by full coal box
McLeod Charles 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Munro Charles 1945 Pictou County Allan Shaft Crushed by full box of coal
Vine Charles 1937 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 1B Fall of coal
Harris Charles 1952 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 20 Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed
Pettigrew Charles 1924 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Fall of stone
Potts Charles 1915 Pictou County Albion Crushed by a trip of coal
Lockhart Charles 1874 Cumberland Scotia (Northern) Fall of coal

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