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Springhill mining disaster may refer to any of three deadly Canadian mining disasters that occurred in 1891, 1956, and 1958 in different mines within the Springhill coalfield, near the town of Springhill in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. In the 1891 accident, 125 died; in 1956, 39 were killed; and in 1958, 75 miners were killed.
1 de ago. de 2023 · Nova Scotia. Harold Brine, last of 19 miners rescued after 1958 Springhill mine disaster, dead at 91. Harold Brine spent 6 days trapped near the bottom of North America's deepest coal mine. The...
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On November 1, 1956, 118 men were working deep in Springhill’s No. 4 mine, when six cars of a loaded coal trip (a trip is a number of mine cars linked together) being pulled by a cable to the surface broke away and went hurtling down the slope. The cars jumped the track and crashed into an armoured steel cable carrying 2200 volts of electricity. Wh...
A draeger team assembled and rushed down the slope. Barely 100 feet down, they floundered in the carbon monoxide. Two rescuers died before the group could struggle back to the surface. Once draegermen from Pictou and Cape Breton counties arrived to join the Springhill corps, Dominion Steel & Coal Company (DOSCO), the mine’s owner, organized a rescu...
Indeed, miners were alive, trapped between the methane seeping from the coal and the carbon monoxide created by the fires. Two groups of men had barricaded themselves from the mine air and clustered around compressed air pipes. On Saturday, seven of these men started crawling up through a fanway. With their noses plugged, they made small slits in a...
Injured miner being taken to hospital by helicopter, Springhill Mine Disaster. Nova Scotia Archives, Robert Norwood, 1958, no.1305-26.1. Scan 200502524. Three days later, seven more living miners were uncovered.
23 de out. de 2023 · News. Canada. A deadly Canadian mining disaster: exactly 65 years later, there are still lessons for us. The warning signs were all there. Yet economics dictated that the residents of...
28 de out. de 2023 · Opinion. Column. Springhill mining disaster remains a horrific memory. Patrick Kennedy. Published Oct 28, 2023 • 5 minute read. Join the conversation. A rescued miner pulled from the rubble...
23 de out. de 2008 · Springhill, N.S., marks 1958 mining disaster. Springhill residents are marking the 50th anniversary of one of the country's worst mining disasters with a plaque and candlelight service....
