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 | 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 | Hugh | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Haulage |
| Fraser | Harold | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Fraser | John Walter | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Fraser | Archie | 1890 | Pictou County | Vale | Run over in a back balance |
| Fraser | Albert | 1890 | Pictou County | Black Diamond | Riding on a coal trip which jumped track |
| Fraser | J. W. | 1905 | Pictou County | Marsh | rock fall |
| Fraser | Preston | 1913 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall of coal |
| Fraser | Hiram | 1920 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 3 (Six-Foot) | Struck by railway car on surface |
| Fraser | John E. | 1921 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Fraser | Angus | 1934 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Struck by a rake on the slope |
| Fraser | Donald A. | 1962 | Pictou County | McBean | Struck by a falling steel boom |
| Fraser | Stephen | 1894 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fell 68 feet from smoke stack, died 5 days later |
| Fraser | Charles Robert | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Fraser | Grant | 1954 | Pictou County | McBean | victim found in No. 5 level |
| Fraser | George | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Francis | Arthur J. | 1930 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of stone |
| Francis | James | 1938 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by cage lever on surface; died 3 days later |
| Francis | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Frampton | Rod | 1939 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Run over by a loaded box |
| Fowler | Richard | 1943 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Crushed while working on screens |
| Fowler | Orrin L. | 1935 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall of coal at 7100-foot level |
| Fowler | Simon J. | 1930 | Cumberland | Victoria No. 2 | Gas explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Foster | Alex | 1894 | Pictou County | Albion | Run over by a coal trip |
| Foster | Archie | 1904 | Cumberland | Aberdeen | Caught between box and chute; died on beaching bank |
| 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 | Angus | 1918 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by cage |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Foley | Martin | 1874 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Crash of a runaway rake |
| Foley | Pat | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Flynn | James | 1917 | Pictou County | Greenwood | Fall of stone |
| Flinn or Flynn | Garnett | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Fall of coal |
| Fletcher | William | 1883 | Cumberland | Springhill | Killed by fracture of brake bolt |
| Fletcher | Thomas | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| 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 |
| Flemming | William | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between box and boom |
| 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 |