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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fraser | Angus | 1934 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Struck by a rake on the slope |
| Fraser | Harold | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Fraser | Donald A. | 1962 | Pictou County | McBean | Struck by a falling steel boom |
| Fraser | Charles Robert | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Fraser | George | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Fraser | Hugh | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Fraser | John | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Drawing chocks out of a gob |
| Fraser | Simon | 1868 | Pictou County | Acadia | Crushed between two cars |
| Fraser | John | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Fraser | Stephen | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fell 68 feet from smoke stack, died 5 days later |
| Fraser | Alexander | 1875 | Pictou County | Black Diamond | Crushed by moving coal tub against a doorpost |
| 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 | Robert | 1909 | Inverness | Inverness | Fall of roof coal; bled to death from injuries |
| Fraser | William K. | 1898 | Cumberland | Springhill Surface | Cause not recorded |
| Fraser | John Walter | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Fraser | John Clarence | 1938 | Inverness | Port Hood or Henderson | Fall of stone |
| Fraser | Archie | 1890 | Pictou County | Vale | Run over in a back balance |
| Francis | Arthur J. | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of stone |
| Francis | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Francis | James | 1938 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by cage lever on surface; died 3 days later |
| Frampton | Rod | 1939 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Run over by a loaded box |
| Fowler | Simon J. | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Fowler | Orrin L. | 1935 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of coal at 7100-foot level |
| Fowler | Richard | 1943 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Crushed while working on screens |
| Foster | Archie | 1904 | Cumberland | Aberdeen | Caught between box and chute; died on beaching bank |
| Foster | Alex | 1894 | Pictou County | Albion | Run over by a coal trip |
| Foster | John A. | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines No. 3 (Florence) | Fall of stone |
| Fosse | Jean Baptiste | 1876 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall of coal |
| Fortune | Joseph R. | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Donkey runner; caught in drum of engine |
| Fortune | James | 1894 | Cape Breton County | International | Full trip on deep road |
| Fortune | Angus | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by cage |
| Forris | Stephen | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Forrest | William | 1944 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Forrest | Stanley | 1967 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Natural Causes |
| Ford | Julian | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Killed between box and boom |
| Forbes | Andrew | 1867 | Pictou County | unidentified shaft being sunk or Cage pit | Methane explosion |
| Foley | Martin | 1874 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Crash of a runaway rake |
| Foley | Pat | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Foley | Thomas | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Coal tank platform tilted, threw man down shaft; 1 of 4 killed being lifted in coal shaft |
| Flynn | James | 1917 | Pictou County | Greenwood | Fall of stone |
| Flinn or Flynn | Garnett | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall of coal |
| Fletcher | Thomas | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Fletcher | William | 1883 | Cumberland | Springhill | Killed by fracture of brake bolt |
| Flemming | William | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between box and boom |
| Flemming | Hugh R | 1923 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of stone |
| Flemming | James E. | 1945 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of stone |
| Flemming | Edward | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Jubilee, Sydney Mines | Found dead with radial coalcutter resting on body |
| Fleming | Ross | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed |
| Flavin | Edward | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |