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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fraser | James W. | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | influx of water; 1 of 6 killed |
| Fraser | Alexander | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Fraser | John Walter | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Fraser | Archie | 1890 | Pictou County | Vale | Run over in a back balance |
| Freeman | Henry | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Frew | William | 1906 | Pictou County | English Slopes (abandoned) | Methane exploded when boy lit match while playing near old slope opening; 1 of 2 killed |
| Frost | Jacob | 1902 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of coal rolling on him |
| Fry | Peter | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of roof |
| Fry | Stanley G. | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Frye | John | 1914 | Pictou County | Albion | Riding a coal trip that derailed |
| Furbow | Samuel | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Furlong | Frank | 1901 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Scalded with steam |
| Gabriel | Alexander | 1918 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Gabriel | Patrick | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Gabriel | Thomas | 1949 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump |
| Gadd | Arthur | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Gadd | William | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Gallager | Peter | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Gallant | Raymond | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Killed by rake |
| Gallant | Lawrence | 1896 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 slope | Runaway in slope |
| Gallant | Frank | 1909 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Driving a full trip & killed by falling timber |
| Gallant | Sheldon | 1988 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Hit on head |
| Gallant | Joseph | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of roof |
| Gallivan | Joseph | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Gallop | Abe | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Gardiner | Richard | 1950 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Gardiner | Ambrose | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 25 | Fall of stone |
| Gardion | Anglo | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Killed by trip |
| Gardner | Joseph | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of stone from roof |
| Gardner | Michael A. | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of roof |
| Gaskill | Thomas | 1924 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Gaskill | Samuel | 1924 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Gaskin | Thomas | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Gates | Charles E. | 1943 | Cumberland | Strathcona No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Gaul | Patrick | 1956 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 18 | Gas asphixiation; 1 of 2 killed |
| Geddes | James | 1953 | Pictou County | McBean | Haulage accident |
| Genter | Frank | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal from face |
| George | John | 1919 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Gerard | Daniel | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Engine and bed raised by jerk; he fell underneath |
| Gerhardt | Joseph | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Geuro | Petro | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Struck by box |
| Ghyseis | August | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Fall of stone at face |
| Gibbons | Peter | 1950 | Cumberland | Bayview No.8 or No. 7 | Killed by haulage, lived 1 day |
| Gibson | Harry | 1915 | Cumberland | Joggins | Haulage rope breaking |
| Gilhomes | R. D. | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 7 | Run over by trip of cars |
| Gillespie | James | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Gillespie | William | 1913 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Caught between box at 4700 bottom |
| Gillespie | David | 1916 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Struck by cage |
| Gilliam | Robert | date unknown | Inverness | Inverness | cause not recorded |
| Gillies | Angus | 1878 | Inverness | Port Hood | Explosion of steam boiler; 1 of 2 killed |