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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwell | Isaac | 1878 | Cape Breton County | Sydney Mines (Princess) | Methane explosion; 1 of 6 killed |
| Griffiths | Wallace | 1946 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Bump (more than 2 miles offshore); 1 of 4 killed |
| 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 |
| Grycorn | John | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Gualtieri or Gaualtiere | Natali | 1895 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 slope | Fall from roof |
| Gumatto | William | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | uncertain if killed; confusing records |
| Gunn | Dan | 1933 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Guy | Abraham | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Guyaux | George | 1929 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Fall of stone |
| 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 |
| Hacquoil | Alexander | 1914 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Fatal injuries |
| Haddon | Henry | 1880 | Pictou County | Foord pit | Devastating methane explosion |
| Haggart | Joe or James | 1885 | Pictou County | Vale | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hahnen | John | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Fall of coal |
| Hale | Samuel | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hale | Joseph W. | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hale | Milledge | 1938 | Pictou County | Drummond No. 5 (Intercolonial No. 5) | Struck by falling timber |
| Hale | George | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Killed by haulage |
| Haley | John V. | 1931 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Caught between car and timber |
| Haley or Hanley | Angus | 1887 | Pictou County | Vale | Run over by boxes on main slope |
| Hall | William | 1918 | Cumberland | Joggins | Fall of stone, died 14 hours later |
| Hall | William | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 5 | Run over by full box |
| 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 | Edward | 1889 | Cape Breton County | Victoria | Possibly in Cumberland County |
| Hall | Edward | 1915 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 16 | Killed by trip |
| Hallam | Ernest | 1959 | Pictou County | Drummond (Intercolonial) No. 2 Scott slope | Fall of coal |
| Hallet | Thomas | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Halliday | Duncan | 1873 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Devastating methane explosion |
| Halliday | Charles | 1945 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Struck by rake |
| Halliday | Harry | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Halloran | John Philip | 1992 | Pictou County | Westray | Devastating methane and coal dust explosion |
| Hamilton | Samuel | 1868 | Pictou County | Acadia | Methane explosion |
| 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 | 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 | 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 |
| Hand | James | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Handley | Alexander | 1964 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Haulage |
| Handrahan | James | 1912 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Fall of stone from roof |
| Handrigan | John | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 14 | Fall of stone in pillar work; 1 of 2 killed |
| Hannager | Peter | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Hannah | Joseph | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Killed instantly by being run over by hopper |
| Hannaham or Hanrahan | William | 1883 | Pictou County | Vale | Drawbar broke, crash of runaway slope rake |