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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson | John | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Jackson | W. C. | 1874 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Rope broke on bucket going down pump shaft |
| Jackson | Aubrey | 1920 | Pictou County | Albion | Run over by an empty box |
| Isnor | Hubert | 1921 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Ireland | Dan | 1906 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Struck by box |
| Ince | William | 1938 | Pictou County | Acadia No. 7 (Moss mine) | Caught by fall of rock |
| iafalli | Carmen | 1938 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Broken cable on riding rake; 1 of 21 killed |
| Hyde | William | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Hyde | William | 1887 | Pictou County | Vale | Caught beneath a roof fall while timbering; 1 of 2 killed |
| Hyatt | Warren | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Hyatt | Percy | 1903 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Killed in return side of fire door conveyors |
| Hutchinson | William | 1916 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Killed by cage |
| Hutcheson | Robert | 1878 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Methane explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Hussey | John | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal and roof |
| Hurley | William | 1913 | Cumberland | Lawson | Tube of boiler burst |
| Hunter | Hiram | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Hunter | Whylie or Wylie | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Hunter | Joseph E. | 1941 | Cumberland | Cumberland Railway & Coal | Crushed by conveyor belt |
| Hunter | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Hunter | Angus | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Hunter | Wesley | 1954 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Bump; 1 of 5 killed |
| Humblet | Victor | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hudson or Hodgeson | John | 1883 | Cumberland | Chignecto | Suffocated by carbonic acid (1 of 3 killed) |
| Hudson | Alfred | 1960 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Falling chuck blocks |
| Hubert | William | 1940 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Caught between 2 rail cars on surface |
| Hoyt | Henry | 1866 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Fall of coal |
| Howlett | Robert | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery; Nova Scotia Steel & Coal | Fall of stone fractured skull |
| Howie | Alexander | 1901 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Killed by runaway coal wagon in east deep |
| Howie | Thomas | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 26 | Haulage |
| Howatt | Timothy | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| House | Randolph Brian | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Horne or Horone | William | 1895 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fall from roof |
| Horne | Wilfred | 1942 | Pictou County | Drummond No. 5 (Intercolonial No. 5) | Fall of stone |
| Horn | John | 1900 | Cape Breton County | Reserve | Fall of coal whilst drawing pillars; 1 of 2 killed |
| Hopkins | George | 1892 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 | Fall of coal from working face |
| Holvia | John | 1907 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of stone |
| Holmes | Angus | 1914 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 22 | Fell, striking head on rail |
| Holm | William | 1943 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Holloway | Isaac | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Holloway | John Thomas | 1954 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Electricity |
| Holley | Edward | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 6 | Driving when box derailed, knocked out prop, roof fell, killing him |
| Holland | Guthrie | 1878 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Fall of roof stone |
| Holland | Alexander | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Hogan | James | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Run over by riding rake, died 2 days later |
| Hogan | Cornelius | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1B | Fall of stone |
| Hoegg | Hugh Brown | 1941 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal from roof |
| Hoeg | Jesse Havelock | 1959 | Cumberland | Cochran | Fall of stone |
| Hocevar | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Hines | Thomas J. | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Hines | Chesley | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Electrical Dept, DOSCO | Miscellaneous |