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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winters | Daniel | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Campbell | Alex | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Clarke | Kenneth | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Clarke | Ralph | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Crummey | Joseph | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Daken or Dakin | Gilbert | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Dawson | Gerald | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Mouland | George | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall |
| Ellis | Richard | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Vickers | Leonard | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Franklin | Fall of stone |
| Ferguson | William | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Draegerman; carbon monoxide post explosion |
| Paul | John | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Tomson | Explosives |
| Fisher | Lester | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Farrell | Lawrence | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Gas asphixiation; 1 of 2 killed |
| Glennie | Avard | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Gaul | Patrick | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Gas asphixiation; 1 of 2 killed |
| Henwood | Victor | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Young | John A. | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of timber |
| Hunter | Angus | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Boutilier | Charles Jr. | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| Jones | William | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| McDougall | Daniel | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Lewis | Harold | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| McCormack | Archie | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| MacDonald | Leslie | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Beaton | David | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| McCormick | Leonard | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Murrant | Edgar | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| McLellan | Ben | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| McLeod | Henry | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Millard | Victor | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Milton | Logan | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Fraser | Gervoise Leo | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Aucoin | Dan F. | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Haulage |
| MacPhail | Clinton | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Bates | Willis | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Mitchell | Fred | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall of stone |
| Curry | Duncan | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall of stone |
| McVicar | John | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Johnson | Peter | 1957 | Pictou County | McBean | Fall of coal |
| White | Edward or Elwood | 1957 | Cumberland | Bayview | Fall of stone |
| Burke | Frederick John | 1957 | Cumberland | Bayview | Fall of stone |
| Cameron | Angus | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Livingstone | Fred C. | 1957 | Pictou County | Greenwood No. 2 | Hit by a runaway coal box |
| MacNeil | Charles | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Moseychuck | Victor | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| White | Albert | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Gillis | Gus | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Goode | Kenneth | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Halliday | Harry | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |