The Hillcrest Mining Disaster

Episode 137 - At 9:30 a.m. on Friday, June 19, 1914, the worst coal mining disaster in Canadian history occurred at Hillcrest, Alberta, in the Crowsnest Pass region of western Canada.Episode written by Josina de BreeSources:Anderson, Frank. “Hillcrest Mine Disaster” (Triumph and Tragedy in the Crowsnest Pass. Diana Wilson, Heritage House Publishing, Surrey, BC, 2005)www.crowsnest.bc.cawww.crowsnest-highway.cawww.hillcrestminedisaster.comArchival Holding PR0740. Provincial Archives of Alberta. https://hermis.alberta.ca/paa/Details.aspx?ObjectID=PR0740&dv=True&deptID=1https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/first-world-war/canada/Canada3https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_(Handel)http://www.indsci.com/the-monitor-blog/carbon-monoxide-carbon-dioxide/https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/health-topics/hw193731https://alchetron.com/Hillcrest-mine-disasterhttps://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2466176980 Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Lydbog: 17. august 2020