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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burton | Charles | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Burton | John Edward | 1929 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 6 | Injured by trip |
| Burrows | John | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |
| Burrows | John | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of roof stone on new balance no. 9 |
| Burridge | W. | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fell under trip |
| Burns | George | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 5 (Queen) | Full box ran over him on main level |
| Burns | Edward | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Burns | Patrick | 1902 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Killed by passing rake |
| Burney | George | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Burney | John W. | 1901 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Killed by fall of top coal and stone |
| Burkhart | Amos | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of coal |
| Burkett | "young" | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Burke | William | 1866 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of picks in shaft |
| Burke | William | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Burke | Charles | 1883 | Cumberland | Joggins | Fall of coal |
| Burke | Andrew | 1917 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Run over by rail car on surface |
| Burke | James J. | 1940 | Cumberland | Victoria | Undetermined |
| Burke | Frederick John | 1957 | Cumberland | Bayview | Fall of stone |
| Burgoyne | Nelson | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| Burchill or Birchill | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Burchell | John | 1877 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Fell down shaft |
| Burbine | Joseph | 1969 | Cumberland | River Hebert Coal Mine, formerly Cochran | Died of natural causes in mine |
| Burbine | John | 1913 | Cumberland | Joggins | Runaway boxes |
| Bunton | Alexander | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Massive gas and coal dust explosioni |
| Bulmer | Walter | 1911 or 1912 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Struck by ginney (aka jinney or jig) or prop |
| Buko | Andrew | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Buenivego or Buenivege | Antoine | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Budden | Leonard | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Budd | Alonzo | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Budd | Walter R. | 1937 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Buchanan | Michael | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| Bryne | George | 1923 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Crushed between rail cars on surface |
| Bryan | Percy | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Brunt | Alexander | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Brunt | Andrew | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Browner | Thomas | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Mine machinery |
| Brown | Thomas | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Brown | Walter | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by a runaway trip |
| Brown | Thomas | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Brown | James | 1914 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Carbon monoxide after devastating explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Brown | Leo | 1919 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a cage in a balance |
| Brown | George D. | 1926 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Brown | Charles | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 3 (Florence) | Fall of stone |
| Brown | Murdock | 1934 | Pictou County | Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 2 Scott slope | Struck on head when taking coal to chute |
| Brown | George | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Brown | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Brown | Daniel | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Brown | Michael | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of coal |
| Brown | Amos | 1892 | Cumberland | Joggins | Runaway rake in slope |
| Brown | Robert | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Run over by trip |