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Miners Memorial | Sorted By Surname |
Miners Memorial Database
Miners Killed During The Period 1952 to 1967
sorted alphabetically by surname
Surname | Given Name | Mine | Incident Date | Incident |
Alderson | Ephriam | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Allen | Frank | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Allen | James | Dominion No. 20 | July 20, 1961 | |
Arthrell | Edward | McGregor Mine | January 14, 1952 | Gas Explosion |
Aucoin | Dan F. | Dominion No. 16 | September 18, 1957 | |
Aylward | Ralph | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Backa | Andrew | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Bates | Willis | Dominion No. 12 | November 1, 1957 | |
Baxter | Robert | Dominion No. 26 | April 22, 1966 | Hit by runaway box |
Beaton | John Wm. | Springhill No. 2 | November 2, 1954 | |
Beaton | Kenneth | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Beaton | Floyd | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Beaton | David | Dominion No. 20 | November 29, 1956 | |
Beaver | John | Dominion No. 25 | July 12, 1954 | |
Bell | Thomas | Springhill No. 1 | February 13, 1953 | |
Betts | David | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Blake | William | Dominion No. 20 | July 10, 1952 | Gas Explosion |
Blois | John | Four Star Mine | July 7, 1959 | |
Bobbie | Edward | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Bonar | William | Dominion No. 20 | July 10, 1952 | Gas Explosion |
Boozan | Leo | Dominion No. 26 | June 13, 1963 | |
Bourgeois | Bliss | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Boutilier | Gerald | Springhill No. 2 | August 17, 1955 | |
Boutilier | C., Jr. | Princess Mine | August 6, 1956 | |
Boutilier | Ernest | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Boutilier | Ben | Dominion No. 26 | October 21, 1960 | |
Boyd | Clarence | Princess Mine | January 15, 1959 | |
Brennan | James | Springhill No. 2 | November 15, 1952 | |
Briggs | Louis | Dominion No. 26 | September 18, 1961 | |
Brine | Henry | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Brown | Thomas | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Brown | Albert | Princess Mine | January 28, 1960 | |
Bryan | Percy | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Buchanan | Michael | Dominion No. 26 | March 5, 1964 | |
Budden | Leonard | Dominion No. 4 | May 27, 1955 | |
Burke | Frederick | Bayview Mine | November 3, 1957 | |
Burton | Charles | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Cameron | Angus | Dominion No. 16 | January 12, 1957 | |
Cameron | John | Dominion No. 12 | July 27, 1962 | |
Campbell | Sam& Sr. | McGregor Mine | January 14, 1952 | Gas Explosion |
Campbell | Alex | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Campbell | James | Four Star Mine | July 10, 1958 | |
Campbell | Joseph | Dominion No. 16 | November 16, 1961 | |
Campbell | Charles | Dominion No. 20 | February 5, 1962 | |
Canning | George | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Capstick | John | Dominion No. 26 | May 20, 1960 | |
Carpenter | Thomas | McGregor Mine | January 14, 1952 | Gas Explosion |
Casey | James | Springhill No. 2 | September 1, 1953 | |
Cathcart | Lionel | Dominion No. 16 | March 3, 1954 | |
Chaisson | Arthur | Dominion No. 12 | November 2, 1961 | |
Chiasson | Paul C. | Dominion No. 12 | October 13, 1966 | Struck by runaway box |
Clarke | Ralph | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Clarke | Kenneth | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Cole | Cecil | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Cole | Eugene | Dominion No. 26 | February 22, 1960 | |
Collin | Robert | Dominion No. 20 | November 26, 1955 | |
Conran | Andrew | Dominion No. 20 | September 6, 1960 | |
Copeland | James | Springhill No. 2 | December 8, 1954 | Bump |
Corkum | Clyde | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Cottenden | William | Cumb. Ry. & Coal Co. | October 23, 1953 | |
Crowe | Hance | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Crummey | Joseph | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Cunningham | Robert | McGregor Mine | January 14, 1952 | Gas EXplosion |
Currie | Michael | Dominion No. 26 | January 20, 1966 | Fall of stone |
Curry | Duncan | Dominion No. 20 | November 18, 1957 | |
Daken | Gilbert | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Davidson | Robert | McGregor Mine | January 14, 1952 | Gas Explosion |
Davis | Andrew | Springhill No. 2 | November 15, 1952 | |
Davis | Douglas | Springhill No. 2 | August 25, 1953 | |
Dawson | Gerald | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Desmond | Herbert | Dominion No. 20 | July 10, 1952 | Gas Explosion |
Desmond | William | Dominion No. 20 | July 10, 1952 | Gas Explosion |
Deveau | Willie V. | Evans Coal Mines Ltd. | February 28, 1966 | Struck by a trip of coal |
Dow | Elroy | Bayview No. 8 | April 6, 1960 | |
Duder | Edward | Dominion No. 20 | August 22, 1960 | |
Dykens | Layton | Springhill No. 2 | December 8, 1954 | Bump |
Ellis | Richard | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Embree | Harold | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Embree | Harry | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Farren | Lawrence | Dominion No. 18 | May 24, 1956 | |
Fear | Jack | Springhill No. 2 | December 8, 1954 | Bump |
Ferguson | Robert | Dominion No. 1B | September 15, 1954 | |
Ferguson | William | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Gas |
Fidele | Allen | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Fisher | Lester | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Forrester | Stanley | Princess Mine | August 16, 1967 | Natural Causes |
Fraser | Gervoise Leo | Dominion No. 20 | April 4, 1957 | |
Fraser | Harold | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Fraser | Donald A. | McBean Mine | May 8, 1962 | |
Gabriel | Patrick | Dominion No. 20 | July 10, 1952 | Gas Explosion |
Gallivan | Joseph | Dominion No. 1B | September 17, 1952 | |
Gaul | Patrick | Dominion No. 18 | May 24, 1956 | |
Geddis | James | McBean Mine | February 19, 1953 | |
Gerhardt | Joseph | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Gillis | Gus | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Gilroy | Russell | Springhill No. 4 | July 29, 1954 | |
Glennie | Avard | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Goode | Allen | Springhill No. 2 | January 14, 1952 | |
Goode | Kenneth | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Gould | John | Dominion No. 20 | July 10, 1952 | Gas Explosion |
Gower | Frederick | Beaver Mine | August 13, 1953 | |
Hachey | Archie | Springhill No. 4 | July 2, 1952 | |
Hahnen | John | Springhill No. 4 | January 27, 1956 | |
Hale | George | Springhill No. 4 | May 31, 1956 | |
Hallam | Ernest | Drummond No. 2 | November 23, 1959 | |
Halliday | Harry | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Handley | Alexander | Princess Mine | March 6, 1964 | |
Harris | Charles | Dominion No. 20 | July 10, 1952 | Gas Explosion |
Harrison | Cecil | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Harrison | Chesley | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Hayman | Archie | McGregor Mine | January 14, 1952 | Gas Explosion |
Head | George | Princess Mine | October 1, 1955 | |
Henwood | Victor | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Henwood | Harlan | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Hines | Chesley | Dominion Mine | February 21, 1963 | |
Hoeg | Havelock | Cochrane Mine | January 6, 1959 | |
Hogan | Cornelius | Dominion No. 18 | October 27, 1964 | |
Holloway | John T. | Dominion No. 20 | October 14, 1954 | |
Holloway | Isaac | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Howie | Thomas | Dominion No. 26 | June 23, 1964 | |
Hudson | Alfred | Dominion No. 20 | July 4, 1960 | |
Hunter | Wesley | Springhill No. 2 | December 8, 1954 | Bump |
Hunter | Angus | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Hunter | Hiram | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Hunter | Whylie | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Hyatt | Warren | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Jackson | John | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Jamieson | Kenneth | Dominion No. 4 | March 26, 1954 | |
Jenkins | Robert | Four Star Mine | July 24, 1960 | |
Jewkes | William | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Johnson | Peter | McBean Mine | November 22, 1957 | |
Jones | William | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Keating | Fred | Dominion No. 20 | September 9, 1955 | |
Keigan | Charles | Princess Mine | December 21, 1962 | |
Kelloway | William | Dominion No. 20 | May 19, 1965 | Struck by a box |
Kennedy | Archie | Dominion No. 18 | November 7, 1955 | |
Knowlton | Everett | Springhill No. 4 | July 29, 1954 | |
LeBeau | John | Dominion No. 12 | January 12, 1963 | |
LeBlanc | Abbey | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Ledger | Walter | Dominion No. 4 | December 29, 1952 | |
Legere | Alfred | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Lettuce | William | Tomson Mine | March 5, 1958 | Explosion |
Lewis | Harold | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Livingstone | F. C. | Greenwood No. 2 | November 27, 1957 | |
Livingstone | Gilbert | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Lorimer | Harold | Springhill No. 2 | December 8, 1954 | Bump |
Lynk | Fred | Dominion No. 1B | December 1, 1954 | |
MacDonald | Dan W. | Dominion No. 24 | April 28, 1952 | |
MacDonald | R. C. | Dominion No. 18 | November 5, 1954 | |
MacDonald | Leslie | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
MacDonald | John R. | Dominion No. 16 | February 25, 1958 | |
MacDonald | Harold | Princess Mine | September 21, 1962 | |
MacDonald | Lauchie | Dominion No. 26 | December 2, 1963 | |
MacDougall | Alex. | Princess Mine | April 20, 1964 | |
Macintosh | Bernard | Dominion No. 26 | April 4, 1963 | |
Macintosh | Earl | Dominion No. 26 | February 7, 1967 | Falling stone and coal |
MacIntrye | Murdock | Dominion No. 20 | September 27, 1967 | Caught between timber and box |
MacKay | John | McGregor Mine | August 24, 1953 | |
MacKenzie | John | McBean Mine | July 26, 1963 | |
Mackie | Thomas | Dominion No. 25 | July 12, 1954 | |
MacKinnon | Dan | Dominion No. 16 | September 1, 1954 | |
MacKinnon | Daniel | Princess Mine | December 1, 1964 | |
MacLean | John | Dominion No. 18 | June 24, 1953 | |
MacLean | John J. | Dominion No. 26 | June 3, 1966 | Hit by empty trip |
MacLeod | William | Dominion No. 16 | September 10, 1959 | |
MacNeil | Charles | Dominion No. 16 | March 14, 1957 | |
MacNeil | John A. | Dominion No. 18 | March 13, 1963 | |
MacPhail | Clinton | Dominion No. 20 | October 7, 1957 | |
MacPhee | Vern M. | Four Star Mine | February 21, 1967 | Caught in capstan |
Maddison | John | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Mailman | John | McGregor Mine | January 14, 1952 | Gas Explosion |
Marsh | Russel | Dominion No. 12 | November 6, 1959 | |
Marshall | Thomas | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Martel | James | Dominion No. 20 | January 10, 1958 | |
Martin | Henry | Dominion No. 20 | November 8, 1960 | |
MCCormack | Lenard | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
McCormick | Archie | Dominion No. 26 | September 7, 1956 | |
McCormick | Leonard | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
McCullum | Edward | McGregor Mine | January 14, 1952 | Gas Explosion |
McDonald | Donald | Dominion No. 16 | February 5, 1952 | |
McDonald | Wilfred | Dominion No. 18 | July 9, 1952 | |
McDonald | Arthur | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
McDonald | Edward | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
McDonald | Harold | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
McDougall | Daniel | Dominion No. 12 | October 26, 1956 | |
McEachern | Bernard | Dominion No. 12 | February 6, 1958 | |
McFarlane | Roy | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
McGillivray | John | Dominion No. 1B | May 11, 1953 | |
McInnis | Donald | Dominion No. 12 | November 6, 1959 | |
McIntyre | Arthur | Princess Mine | September 28, 1964 | |
McIsaac | Duncan | Dominion No. 26 | June 23, 1958 | |
McKenzie | Frank | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
McKinnon | Colin | Dominion No. 18 | October 22, 1954 | |
McKinnon | Laurence | Dominion No. 1B | September 13, 1955 | |
McKinnon | Edwin | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
McLean | Wilmont | Princess Mine | July 8, 1959 | |
McLellan | Donald | Dominion No. 26 | March 19, 1954 | |
McLellan | Ben | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
McLeod | William | McGregor Mine | January 14, 1952 | Gas Explosion |
McLeod | Henry | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
McLeod | Robert | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
McLeod | Varley | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
McLeod | Charles | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
McLeod | Clarence | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
McLeod | Edward | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
McLeod | Frank | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
McLeod | Archie | Dominion No. 18 | September 18, 1959 | |
McMullin | Michael | Dominion No. 1B | January 12, 1955 | |
McNeil | Arthur | Dominion No. 25 | September 9, 1955 | |
McNutt | Robert | McGregor Mine | January 14, 1952 | Gas Explosion |
McNutt | Harold | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
McPherson | Angus | Dominion No. 12 | September 2, 1959 | |
McSephney | William | Springhill No. 2 | November 22, 1955 | |
McSween | Alex | Dominion No. 4 | July 16, 1954 | |
McVicar | John | Dominion No. 20 | December 9, 1957 | |
Michalik | Joseph | Dominion No. 4 | March 26, 1954 | |
Millard | Victor | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Miller | Bernard | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Milton | Logan | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Mitchell | Fred | Dominion No. 20 | November 18, 1957 | |
Mooring | Carl | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Morrison | James | Dominion No. 20 | June 28, 1966 | Natural Causes |
Morse | Russell | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Moseychuck | Victor | Dominion No. 12 | March 25, 1957 | |
Moss | Albert | McGregor Mine | January 14, 1952 | Gas Explosion |
Moss | Arthur | McGregor Mine | January 14, 1952 | Gas Explosion |
Mouland | George | Florence Mine | April 7, 1956 | |
Murrant | Edgar | Dominion No. 12 | December 18, 1956 | |
Nearing | Joseph | McGregor Mine | January 14, 1952 | Gas Explosion |
Nelson | Vernon | Springhill No. 4 | March 11, 1952 | |
Nelson | Lester | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Nicholson | Bain | McGregor Mine | January 14, 1952 | Gas Explosion |
Nicholson | Thomas | Springhill No. 1 | April 7, 1953 | |
Nicholson | Fred | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
O'Brien | Harry | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
O'Handley | Malcolm | Dominion No. 26 | March 19, 1954 | |
O'Leary | Vincent | Dominion No. 25 | September 26, 1955 | |
Oliver | Joseph | Dominion No. 26 | January 27, 1965 | Fall of stone |
Paul | Charles | Springhill No. 2 | August 25, 1953 | |
Paul | John | Tomson Mine | April 23, 1956 | |
Pepperdine | Burrell | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Perhiniak | John | Dominion No. 26 | October 20, 1954 | |
Perrin | Robert | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Pittman | John | Dominion No. 20 | April 29, 1955 | |
Podenski | Steve | Dominion No. 12 | March 11, 1958 | |
Porter | Sterling | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Purvis | Andrew | McGregor Mine | December 28, 1956 | |
Pyke | Pleaman | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Raper | Harold | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Rector | Percy | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Reese | Lloyd | Springhill No. 2 | September 22, 1955 | |
Reid | Layton | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Reid | Joseph | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Reid | Lester | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Reynolds | Wesley | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Roach | John | Dominion No. 16 | January 26, 1955 | |
Roach | David | Dominion No. 25 | June 4, 1959 | |
Rockett | Fred | Dominion No. 16 | July 28, 1959 | |
Rolfe | Ernest | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Rose | Charles | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Ross | Thomas | Springhill No. 2 | January 13, 1953 | |
Ross | Philip | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Ross | Robert | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Ross | St. Clair | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Russell | David | McGregor Mine | January 14, 1952 | Gas Explosion |
Salon | John | Dominion No. 18 | January 6, 1959 | |
Sample | Winton | McGregor Mine | January 14, 1952 | Gas Explosion |
Sampson | William | Florence Mine | June 10, 1953 | |
Sampson | Sanford | Dominion No. 26 | January 18, 1960 | |
Schobarlietner | F. | Dominion No. 20 | September 27, 1954 | |
Sedlak | Valent | McBean Mine | November 24, 1960 | |
Seward | Wilfred | Dominion No. 26 | May 19, 1961 | |
Seward | John | Dominion No. 26 | November 17, 1967 | Run over by an empty trip |
Sharpe | Arthur | Dominion No. 20 | December 13, 1963 | |
Shaw | Thomas | Princess Mine | October 17, 1958 | |
Skelton | Hollis | Springhill No. 4 | April 16, 1952 | |
Slade | Elijah | Florence Mine | September 22, 1955 | |
Smith | William | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Smith | Arnold S. | Dominion No. 20 | August 23, 1967 | Caught between box and timber |
Spence | Alex | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Gas |
Spence | Ernel | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Spence | Percy | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Stevens | Eldon | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Stevenson | William | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Stewart | Donald& Sr. | Dominion No. 26 | February 18, 1966 | Struck by a full trip |
Styles | Clair | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Sutherland | David | Dominion No. 18 | April 18, 1958 | |
Tabor | Donald | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Tabor | Hollis | Springhill No, 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Tabor | Raymond | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Tabor | Monty | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Teed | Henry | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Terris | William R. | McGregor Mine | September 25, 1952 | |
Thorne | Wesley | Dominion No. 16 | April 16, 1959 | |
Tobin | Frank | Dominion No. 26 | November 29, 1958 | |
Tower | William H. | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Turnbull | William | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Vance | David | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Venus | Donald | Springhill Mine | May 9, 1961 | |
Vickers | Leonard | Franklyn Mine | April 19, 1956 | |
Walczak | Wallace | Dominion No. 16 | March 19, 1958 | |
Ward | George T. | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Welch | Clarence | Springhill No. 1 | October 29, 1953 | |
Welch | George | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
Wheatley | Leonard | McGregor Mine | January 14, 1952 | Gas Explosion |
White | Brenton | McGregor Mine | January 14, 1952 | Gas Explosion |
White | Leo | Springhill No. 4 | July 29, 1954 | |
White | Edward | Bayview Mine | March 12, 1957 | |
White | Alfred | Springhill No. 2 | March 18, 1958 | |
White | Albert | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
White | Carl | Springhill No. 2 | October 23, 1958 | |
White | Richard | Dominion No. 26 | August 23, 1962 | |
White | Malcolm | Dominion No. 26 | January 27, 1965 | Fall of stone |
Whittle | William | Springhill No. 2 | May 2, 1956 | |
Williams | Clarie | Dominion No. 12 | April 20, 1953 | |
Winters | Daniel | Springhill No. 4 | November 1, 1956 | Explosion |
Wright | James | McGregor Mine | January 14, 1952 | Gas Explosion |
Young | John A. | Dominion No. 12 | July 6, 1956 | |
Young | Daniel | Dominion No. 20 | July 9, 1960 |
Last Modified: 2000-07-10
IMPORTANT
The information contained on this site is not provided for the purpose of factual
representation. Instead, it is provided in an historical context. Every effort has
been made to ensure that this information represents the actual content of the
original Miners Memorial certificates located at the Miners Museum in Glace
Bay, Nova Scotia. Nevertheless, no warranties are provided in any respect.
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