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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bossman or Bosman | Edward | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Boudreau | Daniel J. | 1932 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed |
| Boudreau or Budro | Lemuel | 1907 | Cumberland | Strathcona | Burnt by gas fire |
| Bourgeois | Bliss | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Bourgisk | Charles | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump caused fall of stone in room/bord; 1 of 2 killed |
| Boutilier | Ernest | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Boutilier | John | 1897 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fall of roof stone |
| Boutilier | Charles Jr. | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| Boutilier | Seth | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Trip ran over him, died 7 days later |
| Boutilier | Arthur | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Boutilier | John | 1893 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Firedamp escaped from submerged district; (methane poisoning) |
| Boutilier | Ben | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| Boutilier | Sydney | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Co. on Lease 3 | Explosion at Crop pit |
| Boutilier | W. | 1879 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Taking down coal loosened by shot |
| Boutilier | Thomas | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of stone |
| Boutilier | Gerald L. | 1955 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed on surface |
| Boutilier | John | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone caused by runaway boxes |
| Boutilier | Charles | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Boutilier | Angus | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of roof |
| Boutilier | Fred | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Boviada | Demetris | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Crushed between boxes |
| Bowens | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Bowran | George | 1923 | Pictou County | Albion | Caught and crushed by screening machinery |
| Boyd | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Boyd | Clarence | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Bozeman | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Bozzan | Jacob | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of stone |
| Bradbury | Isaac | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2, Surface | Fell in pickling tank on surface |
| Bradley | Ephraim | 1904 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Metals gave heavy thump, broke timber and buried him under fall of coal. |
| Bradwell | James | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone |
| Braggs | Gideon | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 9 | Fall of coal |
| Bratcher | George | 1907 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Suffocated by gas |
| Brathwaite | Cyril | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Breen | Michael | 1898 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Rock fall |
| Brennan | James P. | 1952 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 2 killed |
| Brennick | John | 1870 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Run over by wagon |
| Brian or Bryan | Joseph | 1935 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Motor exploded on back slope |
| Briffett | Edward | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Briggs | George | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Bump (more than 2 miles offshore); 1 of 4 killed |
| Briggs | Louis | 1961 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of coal |
| Brine | Henry | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Brine | Philip | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Brixco | Nicholas | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Broderick | R. | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 4 (Scotia) | Struck by runaway box down main slope; 1 of 3 killed |
| Brown | David | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by runaway box |
| Brown | Michael | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of coal |
| Brown | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Brown | James | 1914 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide after devastating explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Brown | Thomas | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Brown | Leo | 1919 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a cage in a balance |