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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson | William J. | 1929 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Caught between boom and car |
| Gabriel | Thomas | 1949 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump |
| Paul | Charles E. | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 2 killed |
| Bourgeois | Bliss | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Harrison | Cecil | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McDonald | Edward | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Perrin | Robert | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Stevenson | William | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Thibideau or Thibodeau | Godfrey | 1918 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Jammed between props |
| Tabor | Fred E. | 1938 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Moss | Laurie A. | 1950 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by haulage |
| Ross | Thomas | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by haulage |
| Brine | Henry | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Harrison | Chesley | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McDonald | Harold | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Porter | Sterling | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Tabor | Monty | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Blue | Duncan | 1919 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by runaway rake |
| Ross | Edward | 1939 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of rock, died 4 days later |
| Rushton | William A. | 1944 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Bryan | Percy | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Henwood | Harlan | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McFarlane | Roy | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Raper | Harold | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Tabor | Raymond | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Horne or Horone | William | 1895 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall from roof |
| Bratcher | George | 1907 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Suffocated by gas |
| Gillespie | William | 1913 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Caught between box at 4700 bottom |
| Taylor | John B. | 1919 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Caught in fly wheel |
| Barrett | Victor | 1924 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone and coal |
| Penny | William | 1928 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Stephenhardt or Stephenson or Tyopenhart | Joseph | 1939 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Hit by overhead iron booms, died 3 days later |
| Beaton | John William | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by haulage |
| Burton | Charles | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Holloway | Isaac | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McKenzie | Frank | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Rector | Percy | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Teed | Henry | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McMillan | John | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Jammed between roof and box |
| Porter | Archy | 1908 or 1909 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Caught between box and rib |
| Terris | Asa S. | 1919 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Run over by full box |
| Keiver | James L. | 1924 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Molnar | Stephen | 1928 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Injured by timber |
| Brennan | James P. | 1952 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 2 killed |
| Copeland | James E. | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 5 killed |
| Canning | George | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Hunter | Hiram | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McKinnon | Edwin | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Reid | Joseph | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Turnbull | William | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |