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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handrigan | John | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of stone in pillar work; 1 of 2 killed |
| Handrahan | James | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone from roof |
| Handley | Alexander | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| Hand | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hamilton | Samuel | 1868 | Pictou County | Acadia | Methane explosion |
| Hamilton | James | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Shot blew through on slant containing water, partly driven between main slope, drowned; 1 of 2 killed |
| Hamilton | James Y. | 1928 | Pictou County | Drummond No. 5 (Intercolonial No. 5) | Fell head first while timbering the roof when staging collaped under fall of heavy coal lump |
| Hamilton | William | 1950 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Hamilton | Thomas | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Hamilton | William | 1903 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery; Nova Scotia Steel & Coal | Killed by runaway trip on slope |
| Halloran | John Philip | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Halliday | Duncan | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Halliday | Harry | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Halliday | Charles | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by rake |
| Hallet | Thomas | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Hallam | Ernest | 1959 | Pictou County | Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 2 Scott slope | Fall of coal |
| Hall | Edward | 1889 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Possibly in Cumberland County |
| Hall | William | 1918 | Cumberland | Joggins | Fall of stone, died 14 hours later |
| Hall | Edward | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Killed by trip |
| Hall | Albert | 1979 | Cape Breton County | DEVCO No. 26 | Methane explosion, sparked by coal shearer hitting stone; 1 of 12 killed |
| Hall | Edward | 1879 | Cape Breton County | Lingan | Empty horse wagon ran away |
| Hall | William | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Run over by full box |
| Haley or Hanley | Angus | 1887 | Pictou County | Vale | Run over by boxes on main slope |
| Haley | John V. | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between car and timber |
| Hale | Samuel | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hale | Joseph W. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hale | George | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Killed by haulage |
| Hale | Milledge | 1938 | Pictou County | Drummond No. 5 (Intercolonial No. 5) | Struck by falling timber |
| Hahnen | John | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Haggart | Joe or James | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Haddon | Henry | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hacquoil | Alexander | 1914 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fatal injuries |
| Hachey | William | 1932 | Cumberland | Maple Leaf No. 4 | Dust and gas explosion; 1 of 5 killed |
| Hachey | Archibald J. | 1952 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Killed by haulage |
| Guyaux | George | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| Guy | Abraham | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Guthro | Lazarus | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Guthro | Thomas | 1887 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of frozen clay; 1 of 2 killed |
| Gunn | Stanley or David | 1906 | Pictou County | English Slopes (abandoned) | Methane exploded when boy lit match while playing near old slope opening; 1 of 2 killed |
| Gunn | Stanley | 1919 | Pictou County | McGregor | Injuries sustained in the mine |
| Gunn | Dan | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Gumatto | William | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | uncertain if killed; confusing records |
| Gualtieri or Gaualtiere | Natali | 1895 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 slope | Fall from roof |
| Grycorn | John | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Groves | Frank | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Shot blew through on slant containing water, partly driven between main slope, drowned; 1 of 2 killed |
| Griffiths | Wallace | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Bump (more than 2 miles offshore); 1 of 4 killed |
| Greenwell | Isaac | 1878 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Methane explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Greene | Mark | 1928 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Methane explosion |
| Green | Frank | 1908 | Pictou County | Albion | Struck by a box on balance |
| Green | John | 1871 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines Colliery (Queen pit) | Fall off bridge |