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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers | Thomas | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Williams | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Burrows | John | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of roof stone on new balance no. 9 |
| Fisher | Henry | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal |
| Davidson | Adam | 1908 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fell into chute |
| Caulfield or Canfield | Peter | 1914 or 1915 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by runaway boxes; 1 of 2 killed |
| Turner | Joseph | 1919 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| McPherson | Hugh | 1924 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Caught between full box and timber |
| Meagher | Milton | 1928 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Gillis | Frank L. | 1941 | Cumberland | Cumberland Railway & Coal | Fall of stone |
| Corkin | Thomas A. | 1944 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Davis | Andrew | 1952 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 2 killed |
| Dykens or Daken | Layton A. | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 5 killed |
| Beaton | Kenneth | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Jones | William | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Tower | William H. | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Cole | Cecil | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Hunter | Whylie or Wylie | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McLeod | Clarence | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Reid | Layton | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Welch | George | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Burke | Charles | 1883 | Cumberland | Joggins | Fall of coal |
| Carson | James | 1908 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Fell down balance |
| Porter | James | 1914 | Cumberland | Black Diamond | Thawing Samsonite (possibly a powder brand) |
| Long or Lank | Lawrence | 1922 | Cumberland | Minudie #2 | Powder ignited by cartridge explosion, died 14 days later |
| Stevens | Charles L. | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Gibbons | Peter | 1950 | Cumberland | Bayview No.8 or No. 7 | Killed by haulage, lived 1 day |
| McLeod | Murdock | 1886 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Fall of roof |
| Brunt | Alexander | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Collins | Mathew | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Gallager | Peter | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McDonald | John J. | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| McNeil | Joshua | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Nairn | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Ross | Murdock | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Wilson | Thomas | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Cunningham | William M. | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of rock on mail level |
| Hyatt | Percy | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Killed in return side of fire door conveyors |
| Jordan | Percy or Perdy | 1908 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Run over by rake |
| Hacquoil | Alexander | 1914 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fatal injuries |
| Murphy | Carl G. | 1921 | Cumberland | Springhill | Caught between beam of screen floor and break wheel of a moving railway car |
| Pettigrew | Charles | 1924 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Czanoli or Czalonic | John | 1931 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Hunter | Joseph E. | 1941 | Cumberland | Cumberland Railway & Coal | Crushed by conveyor belt |
| Jacob or Jacobs | Louis L. | 1944 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Goode | Allen H. | 1952 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by haulage |
| Fear | John L. | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 5 killed |
| Betts | David | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Lewis | Harold | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Vance | David | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |