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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton | Logan | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Farrell | Lawrence | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Gas asphixiation; 1 of 2 killed |
| Morse | Russell | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Gaul | Patrick | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Gas asphixiation; 1 of 2 killed |
| Nelson | Lester | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Young | John A. | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of timber |
| Boutilier | Charles Jr. | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| Pepperdine | Burrell | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Whittle | William | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| McDougall | Daniel | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Pyke | Pleaman | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Hahnen | John | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| McCormack | Archie | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| Spence | Alex | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Draegerman; carbon monoxide post explosion |
| Hale | George | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Killed by haulage |
| Beaton | David | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Spence | Ernel | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Purvis or Purves | Andrew | 1956 | Pictou County | McGregor | Caught in underground haulage |
| Alderson or Anderson | Ephriam | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| McMullin | Michael | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Roach | John | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Pittman | John | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Budden | Leonard | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Keating | Fred | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| McNeil | Arthur | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Fall of stone |
| McKinnon | Laurence | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Slade | Elijah | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Haulage |
| O'Leary | Vincent | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Haulage |
| Head | George | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Kennedy | Archie | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Fall of stone |
| Collin | Robert | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall of stone |
| Boutilier | Gerald L. | 1955 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed on surface |
| McSephney | William | 1955 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by haulage |
| Reese | Lloyd | 1955 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by haulage |
| Beaver | John | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Fall of stone; 1 of 2 killed |
| McSween | Alex | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Construction |
| MacKinnon | Dan | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Ferguson | Robert | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Schobarlietner | Frank | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage |
| Holloway | John Thomas | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Electricity |
| Fraser | Grant | 1954 | Pictou County | McBean | victim found in No. 5 level |
| Perhiniak | John | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| McKinnon | Colin | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Haulage |
| MacDonald | Robert C. | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Fall of stone |
| Lynk | Fred | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Lipton | Dave | 1954 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | watchman, died suddenly at work |
| Beaton | John William | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by haulage |
| Copeland | James E. | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 5 killed |
| Dykens or Daken | Layton A. | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 5 killed |
| Fear | John L. | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 5 killed |