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 descending Year County Mine Cause
Enion Benjamin 1911 Cape Breton County Sydney No. 3 (Florence) Fall of coal from face
Edwards Benjamin 1920 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Electrocuted in power house
Adey Benjamin 1907 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 and No. 9 Surface plant Boiler explosion; 1 of 3 or 4 killed
Roy Benjamin 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Struck by piece of coal, died 3 days after
Benoit Bennie Joseph 1992 Pictou County Westray Devastating methane and coal dust explosion
McEachern Bernard 1958 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Haulage
McMullen Bernard 1904 Cape Breton County Sydney Mines Colliery; Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Killed by a trip
Miller Bernard 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
DeCoste Bernard 1914 Inverness Inverness Fall of coal
MacIntosh Bernard 1963 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 26 Fall of stone
Maquire Bernard 1914 Pictou County Vale Struck by an empty trip that derailed
Boquet Berry 1892 Pictou County Vale Fall of coal from working face
McLeise Bertram 1880 Pictou County Foord pit Devastating methane explosion
Bourgeois Bliss 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Kralieck Bohuslon 1926 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 16 Fall of stone
Gracy Bosel 1895 Cape Breton County Hub Fell from stage down shaft; 1 of 2 killed
White Brenton 1952 Pictou County McGregor Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed
Murphy Brian 1911 Cape Breton County Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) Methane explosion and coal dust; 1 of 8 killed
Regan Bruce 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Pepperdine Burrell 1956 Cumberland Springhill No. 4 Electricity-fired coal dust explosion
McNulty C. 1902 Pictou County Vale Powder explosion; 1 of 2 killed
Connolly C. 1880 Pictou County Vale Burned by gas ignited by his open-flame lamp
Grasesnack C. G. 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
McDonald C.R. 1907 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 6 Struck by empty trip
Hanuse Cammile 1918 Pictou County Allan Shaft Devastating methane explosion
Pietzrak or Pietchieck Carl 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Rescue work after explosion
White Carl 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Mooring Carl 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Murphy Carl G. 1921 Cumberland Springhill Caught between beam of screen floor and break wheel of a moving railway car
iafalli Carmen 1938 Cape Breton County Princess Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed
Nicseptote Carmian 1912 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Fall of roof
Nazoff Castro 1913 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 7 Jammed between box and roof
Cole Cecil 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
Harrison Cecil 1958 Cumberland Springhill No. 2 Terrific, devastating bump
McNeil Charles 1928 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Struck by empty runaway train
Lockhart Charles 1874 Cumberland Scotia (Northern) Fall of coal
Nash Charles 1891 Cumberland Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 Gas and coal dust explosion
Ferguson Charles 1917 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Methane and blasting powder explosion
Berger Charles 1925 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 12 Killed by a trip of boxes
Burke Charles 1883 Cumberland Joggins Fall of coal
Davidson Charles 1894 Pictou County Acadia Squeezed by a box of timber
Carmichael Charles 1872 Cape Breton County Gowrie Crushed by machinery
Dye Charles 1915 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 7 Killed by cars on surface, in colliery yard
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
Boram Charles 1880 Pictou County Foord pit influx of water; 1 of 6 killed
Jewell Charles 1920 Pictou County Albion Fall of coal
McKay Charles 1913 Pictou County Drummond mine (Intercolonial) Killed by a riding rake
Whidden Charles 1931 Pictou County Allan Shaft Fall of coal
Gouthro Charles 1922 Cape Breton County Dominion No. 2 Struck and run over by full coal box

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