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Lädt ... Blood on the Coal: The True Story of the Great Springhill Mine Disastervon Ken Cuthbertson
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER Foreword by Anne Murray The riveting true story of one of Canada's worst mining disasters, told in the voices of the men who survived it They said it was the world's deepest and most dangerous coal mine. Those who made that claim were probably correct. What is certain is that in October 1958, the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation's No. 2 colliery at Springhill, Nova Scotia, was a leading candidate for both those dubious distinctions. The mine was the proverbial "disaster waiting to happen." And it did. Springhill was the quintessential one-industry town, whose existence depended on coal, a commodity with a dying market. And yet something far worse was soon to come. On the night of October 23, 1958, a "bump" in the mine--actually a small earthquake--shook the ground beneath the town. Seventy-five miners died and scores more were injured in what remains one of Canada's worst underground disasters. The lives of the survivors were shattered, and Springhill would never be the same again. In compelling detail, Ken Cuthbertson tells the stories of three of the miners and one of the doctors who cared for them following the disaster. This remarkable book is based on historical documents and interviews, as well as new interviews with the last of the surviving miners and their loved ones. It is a story of heroism, sacrifice and the indomitable strength of the human spirit. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Cuthbertson focused on four miners experiences on that evening to give the reader a blow by blow description of what it was like to experience the "bump" that destroyed No. 2 colliery and then face being trapped with no apparent way to get out. The trapped miners had no food or water, had to be conscious of the danger of methane gas, while facing the nauseating odour of decomposing bodies mixed with the equally repulsive scent of human waste.
The journalist background of the author shows in the very readable text but he does tend to repeat details over and over. An example is that every time singer Anne Murray's name is mentioned, Cuthbertson tells us she is a famous Canadian singer. In the same vien, he frequently explains Maurice Ruddick is known as the Singing Miner. ( )