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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gillies or Gillis | James | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |
| Gillis | John D. | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fell out of cage when descending shaft |
| Gillis | Dan A. | 1907 | Inverness | Inverness | Fatally injured riding in empty trip, rope broke |
| Gillis | Dan A. | 1908 | Inverness | Inverness | Fall of coal and rock in pillars |
| Gillis | Lauchlin | 1908 | Inverness | Port Hood | Explosion on No. 3 level south; 1 of 10 killed |
| Gillis | Simon D. | 1920 | Inverness | Inverness | Fall of rock |
| Gillis | Gus | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Gillis | Stephen | 1891 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fell out of cage coming from work |
| Gillis | Henry | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Crushed between trip and rubbing rail |
| Gillis | James | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Methane and blasting powder explosion |
| Gillis | Peter | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Live wire |
| Gillis | Frank L. | 1941 | Cumberland | Cumberland Railway & Coal | Fall of stone |
| Gillis | Fred | 1968 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 12 | Haulage: Caught by box on 25E main level and squeezed against low side of wall |
| Gillis | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Gillis | Hugh | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Gillis | Peter | 1884 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall of coal |
| Gillis | Myles Daniel | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Gilroy | Joseph | 1911 | Cumberland | Springhill | Jammed by cars |
| Gilroy | Russell A. | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of stone; 1 of 3 killed |
| Gilroy | Floyd O. | 1969 | Cumberland | Syndicate | Fall of stone |
| Girdinetti | G. | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of coal from face |
| Gleason | James | 1892 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess?) | Fell down shaft while working there |
| Glenn | Alex | 1895 | Pictou County | Acadia | Fall from roof of working face |
| Glennie | Avard | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Glenwright | Thomas | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Goldie | Peter | 1948 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Haulage |
| Goode | Kenneth | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Goode | Allen H. | 1952 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed by haulage |
| Gordon | Henry | 1941 | Cape Breton County | Florence | Fall of stone |
| Gossens | Octav | 1920 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fall of coal |
| Gould | John | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Gouthro | Charles | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck and run over by full coal box |
| Gouthro | John W. | 1942 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Struck by trip |
| Gouthro | Servine | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Fall of stone |
| Gouthro | Simon | 1907 | Cape Breton County | International | Fell down water shaft |
| Gouthro | John J. | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Struck by empty trip |
| Gower | Frederick | 1953 | Cape Breton County | Beaver | Fall of stone |
| Gracy | Bosel | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Hub | Fell from stage down shaft; 1 of 2 killed |
| Graham | Daniel | 1925 | Pictou County | Drummond No. 5 (Intercolonial No. 5) | Fall of stone |
| Graham | Jabez | 1912 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal; 1 of 2 killed |
| Graham | Alex | 1913 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of stone |
| Grant | John | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Grant | Dougald | 1899 | Pictou County | Vale | Methane explosion by naked light |
| Grant | William | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Fall of stone |
| Grant | Albert or Arthur | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Afterdamp from methane explosion; 1 of 11 killed |
| Grasesnack | C. G. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Grave | Henry | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 15 | Fall of stone |
| Green | John | 1871 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Fall off bridge |
| Green | Frank | 1908 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a box on balance |
| Greene | Mark | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Methane explosion |