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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Embree | Harry | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Emery | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Enion | Benjamin | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 3 (Florence) | Fall of coal from face |
| Ernest | Roger | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Erunio | Parristto | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Evans | George | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal from face of room |
| Eveleigh | G. Hector William | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Indian Cove Coal Company | Explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Eveley | Walter | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by runaway trip; 1 of 3 killed |
| Fagon | Edward | 1930 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 6 | Fall of roof; 1 of 2 killed |
| Fahey | Timothy | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Fanning | Willard | 1943 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal from face |
| Farrell | Lawrence | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Gas asphixiation; 1 of 2 killed |
| Farrell | Gregor | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Haulage |
| Farrell | Sam | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Scotia | Fall of stone; died with another family member |
| Farrell | Sebastien | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Scotia | Fall of stone; died with another family member |
| Favier | Thomas | 1911 | Pictou County | Acadia | Crushed between rib and full box |
| Fear | John L. | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 5 killed |
| Fedora | Joseph | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Feit | Frank | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone |
| Feltmate | Roy Edward | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Ferguson | Robenich | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery; Nova Scotia Steel & Coal | Fall of stone |
| Ferguson | William | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Draegerman; carbon monoxide post explosion |
| Ferguson | David | 1877 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Run over by counter balance |
| Ferguson | Allen | 1896 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Struck by part of junk while loading |
| Ferguson | Henry | 1930 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by an empty trip |
| Ferguson | Donald J. | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone |
| Ferguson | Robert | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Ferguson | Charles | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Ferguson | John R. | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Kicked by a horse |
| Ferguson | A.T. | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Killed by a box |
| Ferguson | Ronald | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Explosion of dynamite while heating it |
| Ferguson | Archie F. | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) | Methane explosion and coal dust; 1 of 8 killed |
| Ferguson | James | 1897 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 slope | Fall of roof while opening No. 1 slope |
| Fergusson | John | 1887 | Cape Breton County | Gowrie | Fall of roof coal |
| Ferrymand | Edward | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 5 (Queen) | Fall of stone |
| Fife | Hiram | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Findlay | Hugh | 1907 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Killed on main slope by runaway box |
| Findlayson | Daniel | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Finlay | Bart | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Harbour Seam | Fall of stone from roof |
| Finlay | Daniel | 1903 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Hit by a rake on the hoisting slope |
| Finlayson | Daniel | 1971 | Cape Breton County | Princess Wash Plant, Surface | Running cars at plant,got jammed between couplings of a full car and empty car |
| Finlayson | Charles | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by trip |
| Finlayson | John | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal, died 15 days later |
| Fisher | Lester | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Fisher | Henry | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal |
| Fitzgerald | Laurence | 1905 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone from roof |
| Fitzner | John | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Flavin | Edward | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Fleming | Ross | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed |
| Flemming | Edward | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, Sydney Mines | Found dead with radial coalcutter resting on body |