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Titanic Sinking, Apr 1912
Posted April 9th, 2008 by Linda Horton
Newspaper accounts on the sinking of the Titanic, from setting sail to memorial services for the unfortunate dead.
Centreville, NS Air Force Bomber Crash, Apr 1953
Posted May 2nd, 2009 by Stu Beitler
SIX DIE IN CRASH OF LANKIE. read more »
Stellarton, NS Overcome In Mine, Dec 1914
Posted April 13th, 2009 by Stu Beitler
MEN OVERCOME BY BLACK DAMP IN MINE.
THOMAS BLACKWOOD AND JAMES W. BROWN, OF N.S., LOSE LIVES WHILE INVESTIGATION DAMAGE BY EXPLOSION. read more »
Stellarton, NS Mine Explosion, Apr 1935
Posted April 13th, 2009 by Stu Beitler
BLAST TRAPS SEVEN IN CANADIAN MINE.
COLLIERS BELIEVED KILLED AS TONS OF ROCK AND COAL CRASH ON DIGGINS 1,500 FEET DOWN.
BLOCKS RESCUERS. read more »
Stellarton, NS Explosion Allan Coal Mine, Jan 1918
Posted April 13th, 2009 by Stu Beitler
89 MINERS ARE KILLED BY BLAST IN ALLAN SHAFT.
ONLY NINE MEN ESCAPE FROM MINE AT STELLARTON, CANADA.
SEVENTH-EIGHT STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR -- LITTLE HOPE FOR LIVES. read more »
Westray, NS Mine Explosion, May 1992
Posted April 13th, 2009 by Stu Beitler
RESCUE CREWS FIND 11 BODIES IN NOVA SCOTIA MINE. read more »
Stellarton, NS Coal Mine Gas Explosion, Nov 1880
Posted April 13th, 2009 by Stu Beitler
COAL MINE BLAST. read more »
New Waterford, NS Coal Mine Explosion, July 1917
Posted April 12th, 2009 by Stu BeitlerMINE DISASTER AT CAPE BRETON.
OFFICIAL ESTIMATE PLACES NUMBER OF DEAD AT 62 -- MANY ARE BADLY INJURED.
HEROIC WORK BY RESCUE PARTY -- BELIEVED DAMAGE TO PIT IS ONLY SMALL. read more »
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