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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cossman | Isadore | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Costigan | Richard | 1892 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Struck by timber lowered down slope |
| Cottenden | William J. | 1953 | Cumberland | Springhill (Cumberland Railway & Coal) | Electricity, on surface |
| Coulier | Alfred | 1945 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Hit by a runaway box |
| Cowans | Daniel A. | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Struck head on boom |
| Crain | John | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 3 | Fall of stone |
| Crawford | Patrick | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fell under fuel box |
| Crawford | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Crawford | Edward | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Crawford | john | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Crawford | Clinton | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of frozen clay; 1 of 2 killed |
| Crocker | Frederick | 1884 | Cumberland | Springhill | Crushed between water box and timber |
| Cronius | Stephen | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of roof |
| Crosson or Crossin | Harry | 1950 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Killed by haulage |
| Crowe | Hance | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Crowly | Eli | 1898 | Cape Breton County | Bridgeport | Fall of roof stone |
| Crummey | Joseph | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | On bankhead, Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Crummey or Crominey | Thomas | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Cullen | John Sr. | 1934 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Cummings | Hector | 1874 | Pictou County | Vale | Crash of runaway rake on main slope |
| Cummings | Daniel | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Cummings | John | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Cummings | James | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Caught between cars and rib |
| Cunningham | William M. | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of rock on mail level |
| Cunningham | Robert | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Curran | John | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face of room |
| Currie | John F. | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Struck by trip |
| Currie | Michael | 1966 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Fall of stone |
| Currie | Angus | 1868 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of coal |
| Curry | Charles | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Curry | John | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Curry | Michael | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Curry | Michael | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone |
| Curry | Duncan | 1957 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Fall of stone |
| Cyr | William | 1920 | Pictou County | Drummond No. 5 (Intercolonial No. 5) | Run over by an empty box |
| Cyr | Joseph | 1937 | Pictou County | Drummond No. 5 (Intercolonial No. 5) | Fall of coal |
| Czanoli or Czalonic | John | 1931 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| D'Orsay | John | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Overwind man-shaft cage; 1of 2 killed |
| Daken or Dakin | Gilbert | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Dakens | James A. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Dalling | James | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Dalling | Timothy | 1927 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Killed by riding on coal trip which derailed |
| Darroch or Darrah | Andrew | 1898 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Rock fall |
| Dash | Julian | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Killed by boxes |
| Davidonkow | Pichon | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump caused fall of stone in room/bord |
| Davidson | Robert | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Davidson | Walter | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face |
| Davidson | Adam | 1908 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fell into chute |
| Davidson | John | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Hub | Fell from stage down shaft; 1 of 2 killed |
| Davidson | Charles | 1894 | Pictou County | Acadia | Squeezed by a box of timber |