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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell | Hector | 1875 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Run over by loaded wagons |
| Campbell | Colin | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Campbell | William | 1884 | Pictou County | Albion | Premature explosion of a shot |
| Campbell | John A. | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Campbell | Joseph | 1936 | Pictou County | McGregor | Overrun by a full trip of coal on slope |
| Campbell | Samuel Sr. | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Campbell | Patrick | 1867 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Explosion of methane |
| Campbell | Percy | 1946 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft Wash Plant | Injured putting up a door bar, died a week later |
| Campbell | John | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Trip of boxes |
| Candido | Amoiesi | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fell off box that then ran over him |
| Cann | William | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by trip |
| Cann | John | 1891 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Killed by cage when descending pit |
| Canning | William G. | 1952 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Found dead in mine |
| Canning | George | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Canova | Fred | 1968 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Haulage: Run over by runaway motor when he jumped off |
| Cantfill | Arthur | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Crushed by runaway box down balance, died 2 days later |
| Cantfill | Arthur | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Victoria; possibly Cumberland Co. | Crushed by a runaway box down balance, died 2 days later |
| Cantfill | Arthur | 1892 | Cumberland | Victoria; or Cape Breton County | Crushed by runaway box down balance, died 2 days later |
| Caporallo | Alex | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by trip |
| Capstick | John | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| Carey | William | 1905 | Cape Breton County | New Campbellton | Killed on main slope by the trip |
| Carey | George | 1947 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Bankhead (surface) |
| Cargig | William | 1900 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fell on pick handles |
| Carmichael | Charles | 1872 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Crushed by machinery |
| Carmichael | Andrew | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Carmichael | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Carnichael | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Carpenter | Thomas | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Carr | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Carrigan | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Carrigan | Peter | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Carroll | William | 1910 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Jammed between coal hoppers at surface |
| Carroll | Frank | 1912 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | |
| Carson | James | 1908 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Fell down balance |
| Carter | Reed | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Carter | Clarence | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Carter | Willard | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Carter | Ralston | 1935 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by full car on back slope |
| Casey | Percy A. | 1914 or 1915 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by runaway boxes; 1 of 2 killed |
| Casey | Michael | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Casey | James W. | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by haulage |
| Casey | Archibald | 1921 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by rake of coal |
| Casey | jude | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Cassey | Thomas | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Cassidy | Francis | 1894 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Run over by a coal trip |
| Cassidy | Andrew | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Cassidy | Charles | 1941 | Pictou County | Albion | Driver, injured on his job, died after; "died of shock" |
| Cassidy | William | 1906 | Inverness | Inverness | Struck by a rake on main slope |
| Cathcart | Michael | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by box |
| Cathcart | Gordon | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall of stone |