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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costigan | Richard | 1892 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Struck by timber lowered down slope |
| Milley | John | 1900 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Struck and run over by rake on main slope |
| Hannah | Joseph | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed instantly by being run over by hopper |
| Paul | Percy | 1911 or 1912 | Cumberland | Dominion No. 2, Surface | Smothered in culm car |
| Piggot | Richard | 1917 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Bourgisk | Charles | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump caused fall of stone in room/bord; 1 of 2 killed |
| Willigher | Mark | 1927 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 6 | Cause not recorded |
| Brian or Bryan | Joseph | 1935 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Motor exploded on back slope |
| Lewis | John F. | 1943 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Crushed between trip and air line |
| Dean | George W. | 1946 | Cumberland | Springhill No .4 | Fall of coal |
| Nicholson | Thomas N. | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2, #1 seam | Killed by haulage |
| Boutilier | Gerald L. | 1955 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed on surface |
| Crummey | Joseph | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Milton | Logan | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Tabor | Hollis | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Gerhardt | Joseph | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Maddison | John | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Miller | Bernard | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Ross | St. Clair | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| MacDougald | Frank | 1890 | Cumberland | Victoria; or Cape Breton County | |
| Hardcastle | Edward | 1911 | Cumberland | Great Northern | Fall of stone |
| Martin | John | 1918 | Cumberland | Jubilee No.2, River Hebert | Runaway mine car |
| Fowler | Simon J. | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Murray | Ezra G. | 1932 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed |
| Stevens | Hugh "Dulie" Arthur | 1978 | Cumberland | River Hebert Coal Mine, formerly Cochran | Accident, blasting incident; died 29 days later |
| Blue | John | 1881 | Cumberland | Springhill | Struck by cage |
| Richmond | John A. | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
| Carnichael | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Dillon | Frederick | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Hyde | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McKee | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Miller | James Sr. | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Overs | James | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Smith | Edward | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Hopkins | George | 1892 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Fall of coal from working face |
| Furlong | Frank | 1901 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Scalded with steam |
| Scott | John W. | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by trip on turnout |
| Gilroy | Joseph | 1911 | Cumberland | Springhill | Jammed by cars |
| Stevenson | William | 1917 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by prop, died 3 days later |
| Davidonkow | Pichon | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump caused fall of stone in room/bord |
| Dickson | Wlliam | 1927 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 7 | Struck by rake |
| Lutes | Morton M. or Norton | 1937 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Trapper, Struck by trip at 8300-ft trap door |
| Fowler | Richard | 1943 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Crushed while working on screens |
| Leggett | Herbert | 1948 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| Welch | Clarence | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2, #1 seam | Killed by haulage |
| McSephney | William | 1955 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by haulage |
| Daken or Dakin | Gilbert | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Morse | Russell | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Aylward | Ralph | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Gillis | Gus | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |