Coal Mining Fatalities
This database contains 2498 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McNeil | Charles | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by empty runaway train |
| Berger | Charles | 1925 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Killed by a trip of boxes |
| Burton | Charles | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McKay | Charles | 1913 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Killed by a riding rake |
| MacNeil | Charles | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Pettigrew | Charles | 1924 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Halliday | Charles | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by rake |
| Ferguson | Charles | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| McLeod | Charles | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Cassidy | Charles | 1941 | Pictou County | Albion | Driver, injured on his job, died after; "died of shock" |
| Rose | Charles | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Martell | Charles | 1873 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Crushed by wagons |
| Nash | Charles | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Lycom | Charles | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | influx of water; 1 of 6 killed |
| Davidson | Charles | 1894 | Pictou County | Acadia | Squeezed by a box of timber |
| Lockhart | Charles | 1874 | Cumberland | Scotia (Northern) | Fall of coal |
| Finlayson | Charles | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by trip |
| Burke | Charles | 1883 | Cumberland | Joggins | Fall of coal |
| Boutilier | Charles | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Jones | Charles | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone, died 6-7 weeks later |
| Harris | Charles | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Munro | Charles | 1945 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Crushed by full box of coal |
| Lee | Charles | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of coal |
| Gouthro | Charles | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck and run over by full coal box |
| Boram | Charles | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | influx of water; 1 of 6 killed |
| Roberts | Charles D. | 1925 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) | Carpenter; struck by wood thrown from circular saw |
| Gates | Charles E. | 1943 | Cumberland | Strathcona No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Paul | Charles E. | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 2 killed |
| Lyons | Charles F. | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face, died 5 days later |
| LeBlanc | Charles F. | 1932 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed |
| Caldwell | Charles J. | 1944 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Bump |
| Penny | Charles J. | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Boutilier | Charles Jr. | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| Purdy | Charles L. | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of rock |
| Stevens | Charles L. | 1931 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 4 (Bright Light Mine) | Explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Fraser | Charles Robert | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| MacDonald | Charles V. | 1974 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Struck by railway car; or jammed between 2 railway cars |
| Hines | Chesley | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Electrical Dept, DOSCO | Miscellaneous |
| Harrison | Chesley | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Styles | Clair | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Adamson | Clare or Carl | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Coal tank platform tilted, threw man down shaft; 1 of 4 killed being lifted in coal shaft |
| Boyd | Clarence | 1959 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| White | Clarence | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Haulage |
| Welch | Clarence | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2, #1 seam | Killed by haulage |
| McLeod | Clarence | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| McGrath | Clarence | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Carter | Clarence | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Williams | Clarie | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of sotne |
| Barcey | Clement | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Jerrold | Clement | 1918 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by empty mine car |