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The 1958 Springhill Mine Disaster: By the late 1950s, the Nova Scotia town of Springhill was no stranger to the hazards of mines, having suffered two major disasters in the previous sixty years. But on October 23, 1958, a "bump" in the #2 mine at the Cumberland Pit caused one of the worst disasters in mining history. It was early evening. Those at home were just finishing up dinner or settling down in front of the TV when they felt the earth shake; phones were knocked off tables and pictures off walls. The 1958 bump buried 174 men 13,000 feet underground. In the end, 75 men died in the accident. Many of the survivors spent up to eight days trapped in the dark before they heard their names called from above. As a result of the disasters and continuing hazards, the mine was finally closed in 1971. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: Despite repeated attempts by workers and community leaders, New York City's Triangle Shirtwaist Factory employed girls as young as 14 years of age making shirts for sweatshop wages in an overcrowded factory. When fire broke out on March 25, 1911, employees on the tenth floor were alerted by phone and escaped by climbing onto the roof and down a fire escape. For the girls working on the eighth and ninth floors though, there was no warning - and no way out. The doors had been locked to prevent them from leaving before the end of their shift. Trapped in an inferno, the young women broke windows and leapt to their death rather than suffer the flames. 146 of the 500 workers died that day. The incident caused an uproar throughout the country and provoked the passage of safety legislation and better conditions for workers, and is seen as one of the most significant events in the history of labour relations in the United States. |
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