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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanrahan | Joseph | 1920 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Jammed between loaded box and boom |
| Hanuse | Alfred | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hanuse | Cammile | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hardcastle | Edward | 1911 | Cumberland | Great Northern | Fall of stone |
| Hardy | Dan | 1895 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 1 | Methane explosion; 1 of 2 killed |
| Hariett | Daniel | 1926 | Cape Breton County | Colonial No. 1 | Caught in longwall machine cutter chain |
| Harris | John | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 11 | Fall of stone |
| Harris | Charles | 1952 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 20 | Methane explosion; 1 of 7 killed |
| Harrison | Cecil | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Harrison | Chesley | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Harroun or Ronan | John | 1923 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 7 | Coupling cars, killed by moving cars |
| Hart | Thomas | 1944 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Harte | Vincent | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Harte | Simon | 1939 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of coal |
| Harvey | Robert | 1867 | Pictou County | Cage pit | Gas suffocation |
| Hasey | Angus | 1934 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft Power House | Caught in stoke driver shaft |
| Haslam | James | 1885 | Cumberland | Syndicate | burned by explosion of powder; 1 of 3 killed |
| Hawes | John | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hawes | Thomas | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Fall of stone in pillar |
| Hawley or Holley | Edward | 1908 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Box knocked out prop and boom, stone fell on him |
| Haworth | Joseph | 1909 | Cape Breton County | Sydney No. 5 (Queen) | Fall of stone |
| Hayden | John | 1891 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 1 & No. 2 | Gas and coal dust explosion |
| Hayden | Roderick | 1917 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Hayes | Norman | 1913 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Struck by hoisting cage on balance |
| Hayes | Matthew | 1949 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 4 | Haulage |
| Hayman | David | 1886 | Pictou County | Drummond mine (Intercolonial) | Run over by a box of coal |
| Hayman | Arthur | 1912 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Fell down the shaft 462 feet |
| Hayman | Wilbert | 1921 | Pictou County | McGregor | Fall of coal |
| Hayman | Archibald | 1952 | Pictou County | McGregor | Methane explosion (localized); 1 of 19 killed |
| Head | Walter | 1937 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Crushed between box and chock |
| Head | George | 1955 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Fall of stone |
| Heighton | Dan | 1927 | Pictou County | Albion | Fall of coal |
| Henderson | William | 1905 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 3 | Fall of coal |
| Hendricken | William | 1873 | Pictou County | Vale | Crushed by coal tubs |
| Hennessey | Joseph | 1911 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 10 | Fall of stone, leg injured |
| Hennessy | Abraham | 1935 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Shot blew back exploding methane and coal dust; 1 of 7 killed |
| Henwood | Victor | 1956 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 4 | Electricity-fired coal dust explosion |
| Henwood | Harlan | 1958 | Cumberland | Springhill No. 2 | Terrific, devastating bump |
| Hest | Joseph | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 22 | Struck by runaway car, near landing |
| Heyne | Victor | 1918 | Pictou County | Allan Shaft | Devastating methane explosion |
| Hibbs | James | 1922 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Struck by runaway car in deep |
| Hickey | John | 1936 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 2 | Fall of stone |
| Hickman | Henry | 1869 | Pictou County | Marsh Colliery (not Marsh mine) | Fall down shaft |
| Higgins | James William | 1980 | Pictou County | Thorburn Mining Ltd, Stellarton | Fell and struck head, died 4 days later; coal dumps reclamation project |
| Hill | Alexander | 1923 | Cape Breton County | Princess | Caught by flywheel in starting haulage engine |
| Hilliar | Joseph | 1899 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | |
| Hilliar | Joseph | 1898 | Cape Breton County | Caledonia | Fall of coal from face of room |
| Hines | Thomas J. | 1934 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |
| Hines | Chesley | 1963 | Cape Breton County | Electrical Dept, DOSCO | Miscellaneous |
| Hocevar | James | 1927 | Cape Breton County | Dominion No. 12 | Fall of stone |