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	Springhill Mining Disaster
		The Springhill Mining Disaster is the term often used to refer to three separate Canadian mining disasters which occurred in 1891, 1956, and 1958 in different mines within the Springhill coal field, in close proximity to the town of Springhill in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
		The mines in the Springhill Coal Field were established in the 19th century and by the early 1880s were being worked by the Cumberland Coal and Railway Company and the Springhill and Parrsboro Coal and Railway Company.
		The scale of the disaster was unprecedented in Nova Scotian or Canadian mining history and the subsequent relief funds saw contributions from across the country and the British Empire, including Her Majesty Queen Victoria.
	www.mcfly.org /Springhill_Mining_Disaster (1443 words)

	Springhill mining disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Springhill mining disaster is the term often used to refer to three separate Canadian mining disasters which occurred in 1891, 1956, and 1958 in different mines within the Springhill coal field, in close proximity to the town of Springhill in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
		The mines in the Springhill Coal Field were established in the 19th century and by the early 1880s were being worked by the Cumberland Coal and Railway Company and the Springhill and Parrsboro Coal and Railway Company.
		The scale of the disaster was unprecedented in Nova Scotian or Canadian mining history and the subsequent relief funds saw contributions from across the country and the British Empire, including Her Majesty Queen Victoria.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Springhill_mining_disaster (1554 words)

	Springhill, Nova Scotia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The town is also infamous for its coal mines which operated from the 1870s-1958, which were the sites of three devastating mining disasters, the last of which resulted in the permanent closed all mining in the region.
		The abrupt end of the coal mining industry presented incredible economic challenges to the town, but provincial and federal government assistance to diversify the local economy, coupled with the decision to open a federal medium-security penitentiary in the community, are making inroads.
		Since their closure, the mines have filled with ground water which is heated to an average temperature of 18° C (65° F) by the surrounding earth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Springhill,_Nova_Scotia (343 words)

	Springhill Mining Disaster - TheBestLinks.com - British Empire, Canada, Cape Breton Island, Earthquake, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Following the third disaster in 1958, DOSCO shut their mininng operations in Springhill and they were never reopened.
		In the case of the No. 2 colliery, the mining techniques were changed 20 years previously from "room and pillar" to "long wall retreating" after reports were published which documented the danger that the former technique contributed to the occurrence of the "bump" phenomenon.
		The disaster actually became famous for being the first major international event to have live television broadcasts (on the CBC).
	www.thebestlinks.com /Springhill_Mining_Disaster.html (1513 words)

	Disaster songs
		Disasters have inspired many ballads, quite a few composed in Canada.
		The first, an explosion in 1891, was described in 'Springhill Mining Disaster' and in the Acadian song 'La Complainte de Springhill' (Maritime Folk Songs).
		Disasters in Canada also have suggested titles for instrumental compositions, including F. Dulder's Seven Bells Waltzes (G.F. DeVine 1877), written in reference to the Miramichi fire, and Morris Manley's The Ottawa Fire (R.S. Williams 1900).
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000978 (606 words)

	Springhill mining disaster: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The mines in the Springhill Coal Field were established in the 19th century (19th century: (18th century - 19th century - 20th century - more centuries)...
		The disaster actually became famous for being the first major international event to have live television (television: A telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points) broadcasts (on the CBC).
		Teams began to arrive from other coal mines on Cape Breton Island (Cape Breton Island: An island that forms the northeastern part of Nova Scotia) and Pictou County (Pictou County: pictou county is a county in the canadian province (canada)province of nova scotia]...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/springhill_mining_disaster (1526 words)

	The Canadian National Newspaper: Martin Ignores Homelessness Crisis
		The consequences of disaster, natural or man-made, are linked to social vulnerability and the strength, capacity and resilience of a region's infrastructure and economy.
		We asked that the disaster of homelessness be dealt with in the same manner and spirit as other Canadian disasters such as floods and ice storms.
		In the 1999 World Disasters report, an annual survey of humanitarian trends, Astrid Heiberg states "everyone is aware of the environmental problems of global warming and deforestation on one hand and the social problems of increasing poverty and growing shanty towns on the other..when these two factors collide, you have a new scale of catastrophe."
	www.agoracosmopolitan.com /home/Archives/2006/01/17/01031.html (1678 words)

	Atlantic Canada Portal: This Month in Atlantic Canadian History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Springhill's mining tradition came to a tragic end at 8:06 pm, 23 October 1958, when the No. 2 colliery suffered the worst bump, or sudden shifting of the mine walls and floors, in North American history.
		The Springhill Mine Disaster is significant not just for the heartrending loss of life and devastating economic impact on the community.
		Over the next few days the bodies of the dead were hauled out of the mine in airtight coffins on account of their advanced state of decay, hastened by the extreme temperatures 13,000 feet beneath the earth's surface.
	atlanticportal.hil.unb.ca /en/features/monthly/10 (245 words)

	Mine explosion rocks Springhill - Springhill Mining Disasters - CBC Archives
		On Nov. 1, 1956, the town of Springhill is rocked by a terrible explosion in the No. 4 colliery of the Cumberland mines.
		The packs were invented by a German company called Dräger that supplied breathing apparatus to mining and other industries in the 1930s.
		The 1956 explosion in Springhill was the first use of the apparatus in a Canadian rescue operation.
	archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-70-111-597/disasters_tragedies/springhill/clip1 (165 words)

	Interactive Literature Selections The Springhill Disaster
		Springhill is a town in northern Nova Scotia, Canada.
		One of the mines is 4,000 feet deep and is considered the deepest in Canada.
		In 1958, part of the mine collapsed and buried miners alive; 76 people died but some were rescued.
	www.emcp.com /product_catalog/school/litLink/Grade06/U03-04springhilldisaster/index.php (362 words)

	'Last Man Out: The Story of the Springhill Mine Disaster,' By Melissa Fay Greene
		One of the most striking things about coal miners and their families is the streak of fatalism that runs through their lives, the feeling that the work is an accident waiting to happen.
		So it was with the coal miners of Springhill, Nova Scotia, when disaster came, not for the first time, on Oct. 23, 1958.
		It was the longest that men underground had ever survived in a mine disaster.
	www.post-gazette.com /books/reviews/20030330lastman4.asp (638 words)

	Amazon.ca: Last Man Out: The Story of the Springhill Mine Disaster: Books: Melissa Fay Greene (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The mining disaster that killed 75 men in Nova Scotia in 1958 is rich terrain for a good yarn, but Greene's book about the miners who survived and those who didn't comes up short.
		Somehow inspite of the fact we know it is coming the disaster seems as fresh and unexpected as it was to the men who also knew that some day there would be the "big one" and prayed they wouldn't be inside when it happened.
		When writing about disasters, however, the author has a duty to stay out of the way and let the victims tell their stories.
	www.amazon.ca /Last-Man-Out-Springhill-Disaster/dp/0151005591 (2653 words)

	Last Man Out: The Story of the Springhill Mine Disaster
		Somehow inspite of the fact we know it is coming the disaster seems as fresh and unexpected as it was to the men who also knew that some day there would be the "big one" and prayed they wouldn't be inside when it happened.
		This is really two stories, the Springhill mine disaster and the political exploitation of the survivors.
		In the year 1958, the Springhill Mine Disaster occurred in Nova Scotia, where men were trapped and plunged into darkness below sea level with little hope of escape or ever seeing their families again.
	www.iyares.com /resources/books/details.aspx?id=0151005591 (2022 words)

	Springhill Mining Disaster - 1956 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Springhill Record following the explosion in #4 mine.
		The 'Bump' in #2 mine in 1958 was even more disastrous.
		Here's The Coal Mines and Main St. long before my time.
	www.eccentrix.com /members/carson/1956.htm (399 words)

	St. John Ambulance Canada - We Were There (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Whether it's disease, floods, mine cave-ins, explosions, plane crashes, storms, or other concerted community response effort, St. John volunteers are on the scene - and winning awards for their efforts.
		The Alice Alberta Ritchie Award is presented to a St. John Brigade unit or group of units for exceptional service, in response to a major disaster, emergency or epidemic, or for a particularly enterprising and successful form of public service.
		The nursing Division in Nova Scotia for their contribution at the first Springhill mining disaster relief.
	www.sja.ca /english/about_us/our_history/we_were_there.asp (1021 words)

	Brautigan Bibliography plus+ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Collects, as facsimile reprints, Trout Fishing in America, The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster, and In Watermelon Sugar in the manner of their original editions, including front cover photograph by Erik Weber of Brautigan and Michaela Clark LeGrand which first appeared on the front cover of the first edition of Trout Fishing in America.
		The reference to "The Springhill Mine Disaster" in the title comes from the 1958 mining disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada.
		"Springhill Mine Disaster": The disaster occurred in 1958 in Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada.
	www.brautigan.net /brautigan/pill.html (4264 words)

	Springhill Mining Disaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
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		My goddess thicker than water waiting to die big bang baby all or nothing we are the ones press play fingertips soul behind the face the rolling people springhill mining disaster mrs leslie springhill mining disaster faultline heart full of soul.
		Springhill mining disaster out the window 7th wave.
	www.mastroiani.org /partition3/Springhill-Mining-Disaster.html (479 words)

	The Springhill Mine Disaster of 1958
		List of Men killed in No. 2 Mine and List of men who were rescued, 4 pages.
		Memorandum of Fuels Division, Mines Branch, Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Ottawa.
		Report of A. Brown on Rock Pressure Studies in the Mines of Springhill, Nova Scotia.
	www.mininghistory.ns.ca /springhill/sp-index.htm (329 words)

	Encyclopedia: Springhill Mining Disaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit (Latin: One defends and the other conquers) Official languages English Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Lieutenant-Governor Myra Freeman Premier John Hamm (PC) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 11 10 Area - Total - % water Ranked 12th 55,283 kmÂ² 3.
		The town is also infamous for its coal mines which operated from the 1870s - 1958, while being the site of three devastating mining disasters, the last of which permanently closed all mining in the region.
		Since closure, the mines have filled with ground water which is heated to an average temperature of 18º C by the surrounding earth.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Springhill-Mining-Disaster (764 words)

	Amazon.com: Last Man Out: The Story of the Springhill Mine Disaster: Books: Melissa Fay Greene (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		On October 23, 1958, gases from deep within the earth shot skyward, causing entire floors of rock to rise instantly in a coal mine in Springhill, Nova Scotia, trapping 174 men underground.
		She also details the bizarre episode in which an assistant to the governor of Georgia tried to spin the disaster into a marketing gimmick to promote tourism.
		In the town of Springhill, Nova Scotia, in 1958, coal-mining men dropped through the crust of the earth to a few of the deepest roads on the planet.
	www.amazon.com /Last-Man-Out-Springhill-Disaster/dp/0151005591 (3010 words)

	Men in the Mines - Nova Scotia Mine Fatalities - Nova Scotia Archives & Records Management
		Many additional information sources for mine and quarry fatalities in Nova Scotia have been identified and reviewed as part of this project, in order to expand the scope and time-coverage provided by the two foundation lists.
		(Click here for a list of our sources.) Other similar listings are known to exist privately in the province; one of them, compiled and made available to us by Mary Willa Littler of Springhill, NS, covers the years 1876-1994 and has enabled us to add valuable information on mine fatalities from the Springhill area.
		The database now contains 2,584 entries and is searchable on the name of the deceased, date of death, cause of death, name of mine (where known), type of mine, and location (community and/or county) in Nova Scotia.
	www.gov.ns.ca /nsarm/virtual/meninmines/fatalities.asp?Language=English (316 words)

	The Radish Message Board: The Music Box
		o The original ending of "At the bottom of this mine lies one hell of a man" was deemed too controversial.
		The song itself was really about the Aberfan mining disaster in Wales, killing over two hundred children.
		What would it be like trapped in a mine and you can't see each other.
	www.scopecreep.com /discus/messages/1895/2091.html?1111493436 (1217 words)

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		This is the first time since late 1980 that "The Cry" is not played before the Electric Co., and since neither has been played in awhile, the band have trouble starting from that point.
		Springhill Mining Disaster, by US folk singer and brother of Pete, Peggy Seeger, but popularized by the Dubliners, is performed for the first time in front of a concert size audience.
		The crowd is quiet for the performance, but in the next performance and many subsequent performances, Bono will have trouble keeping the wild crowds from interrupting it.
	www.members.aol.com /michreiter/870425.txt (2387 words)

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		This is the first time since late 1980 that "The Cry" is not played before the Electric Co., and since neither has been played in awhile, the band have trouble starting from that point.
		Springhill Mining Disaster, by US folk singer and brother of Pete, Peggy Seeger, but popularized by the Dubliners, is performed for the first time in front of a concert size audience.
		The crowd is quiet for the performance, but in the next performance and many subsequent performances, Bono will have trouble keeping the wild crowds from interrupting it.
	members.aol.com /michreiter/870425.txt (2387 words)

	U2 "Springhill mining disaster" Guitar tabs
		Guitar tabs for the U2 song "Springhill mining disaster".
		Here is the Guitar tabs for "Springhill mining disaster" by U2.
		To get the complete list of tabs by this band please visit the main U2 index with guitar tabs, bass tabs, chords and CD reviews.
	www.fretplay.com /tabs/u/u2/springhill_mining_disaster-tab.shtml (181 words)

	Saviour of lives -- Sibbald 165 (6): 872 -- Canadian Medical Association Journal
		Springhill, NS, mining disaster of 1958 that killed 74 coal
		Thus he added disaster medicine to a growing list of interests,
		are very complex disasters and we tackle them very badly," he
	www.cmaj.ca /cgi/content/full/165/6/872 (610 words)

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