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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davidson | Adam | 1908 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fell into chute |
| Cunningham | William M. | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of rock on mail level |
| Hyatt | Percy | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Killed in return side of fire door conveyors |
| Jordan | Percy or Perdy | 1908 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Run over by rake |
| Purdy | Charles L. | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of rock |
| Ripley | Edward | 1908 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fell into chute |
| Sennio | Antonio | 1914 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Died in Halifax in 1914 |
| Weatherbee or Westhester | Melvin | 1908 or 1909 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Riding on full box |
| Burton | James | 1915 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Ridgeway | George | 1915 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Delaney | Douglas | 1909 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Killed by runaway box |
| Crawford | Clinton | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of frozen clay; 1 of 2 killed |
| Cargig | William | 1900 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fell on pick handles |
| Knobi | Fred | 1916 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal, died next day |
| Merlin | John G. | 1922 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Caught between pump and upright timber |
| Guthro | Thomas | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of frozen clay; 1 of 2 killed |
| Milley | John | 1900 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Struck and run over by rake on main slope |
| Henderson | William | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal |
| Bulmer | Walter | 1911 or 1912 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Struck by ginney (aka jinney or jig) or prop |
| MacKinnon | Alex | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Bump |
| Wilson | George G. | 1901 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Run over by a loaded truck |
| Burns | Patrick | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Killed by passing rake |
| Graham | Jabez | 1912 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal; 1 of 2 killed |
| DeGrace | James | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Cause not recorded |
| Davis | Ben | 1906 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Being buried by coal |
| McKenzie | Hector | 1912 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal; 1 of 2 killed |
| Melanson | Dosithe | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Cause not recorded |
| Clarke or Clark | Ernest | 1913 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fell off box |
| Boran | John | 1898 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 slope | Fall of stone from roof in workplace |
| Gallant | Lawrence | 1896 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 slope | Runaway in slope |
| Vienneau or Veneau | John J. | 1940 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Caught between box and boom |
| Chapman | Neil D. | 1944 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Crushed under trip |
| Beaton | Floyd | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Hunter | Angus | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Tabor | Donald | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Corkin | Thomas A. | 1944 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Beaton | Kenneth | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Jones | William | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Tower | William H. | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Jacob or Jacobs | Louis L. | 1944 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Betts | David | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Lewis | Harold | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Vance | David | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| MacKay | Daniel L. | 1944 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Bump |
| Canning | William G. | 1952 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Found dead in mine |
| Boutilier | Ernest | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| MacDonald | Leslie | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Ward | George T. | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Hachey | Archibald J. | 1952 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Killed by haulage |
| Brown | Thomas | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |