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The Springhill Mine Disaster of 1958
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Two Documents Herein
- Proceedings of The Public Inquiry
- Final Report Of The Royal Commission Of Inquiry
Document 1
Proceedings of The Public Inquiry
Held in Springhill, N.S., January, 1959
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Appearances
- Louis Frost, Pages 3 - 8
- William Campbell, Pages 9 - 20
- H. C. M. Gordon, Pages 20 - 25
- Dr. D. K. Morris, Pages 35 - 39
- Louis Frost, Pages 40 - 62
- Alexander Brown, Pages 62 - 65
- Dr. J. E. Blanchard, Pages 65 - 74
- Herbert Zorychta, Pages 75 - 82
- Mr. Gordon (Recalled), Page 82
- Alex. Bowden, Pages 82 - 86
- George S. Calder, Pages 86 - 116
- Blair Phillips, Pages 116 - ll9
- Dan Murray, Pages 119 - 123
- Ronald Beaton, Pages 123 - 135
- William Simpson, Pages 135 - 136
- James Kavanagh, Pages 136 - 137
- Walter MacIsaac, Pages 137 - 138
- H. Zorychta (Recalled), Page 139
- Arthur Penny, Page 140
- Wilfred Brown, Pages 140 - 143
- Richard Hall, Pages 143 - 144
- Hilton McNutt, Pages 145 - 147
- Frank White, Pages 147 - 150
- Ben Roy, Pages 150 - 151
- Daniel Beaton, Pages 151 - 153
- Hamlet Booth, Pages 153 - 154
- Robert Cummings, Pages 154 - 155
- Leo Dunn, Pages 155 - 156
- Arthur Noiles, Pages 156 - 161
- Monson Harrison, Pages 162 - 166
- James McManaman, Pages 166 - 169
- Robert Carter, Pages 169 - 173
- George Calder (Recalled), Pages 173 - 174
- Robert Bowden, Pages 174 - 175
- Alexander Beaton, Pages 176 - 178
- Harry Davis, Pages 178 - 181
- Frank Stevens, Pages 182 - 183
- Stanley Whitewood, Pages 183 - 185
- Fred Hanahan, Pages 186 - 192
- Elroy Tabor, Pages 192 - 194
- Blair Phillips( Recalled ), Page 194
- Geo. Calder (Recalled), Pages 194 - 195
- Closing remarks by Mr. McInnes, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Delhanty, Mr. Wilton-Clark and Mr. McLachlan,
Pages 195 to 200.
Document 2
Final Report Of The Royal Commission Of Inquiry
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
- Royal Commission - Terms of Reference, Page 4
- Foreword, Page 6
- Introduction, Page 9
- General Information
- Geology of the Coalfield, Page 12
- Method of Work in No. 2 Mine, Page 16
- Convergence and Rock Tests, Page 21
- Conditions in the 13000, 13400, 13800 Levels
of No. 2 Mine prior to October 23, 1958, Page 23
- The Disaster and Events leading up to it, Page 26
PART II
APPENDICES
- List of Men killed in No. 2 Mine and List of men who were rescued, 4 pages.
- Plan of No. 2 Mine -- Springhill, Nova Scotia, 1 page.
- Report of Dr. J. E. Blanchard, 18 pages including 9 large diagrams.
- Memorandum of Fuels Division, Mines Branch, Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Ottawa.
- Report of A. Brown on Rock Pressure Studies in
the Mines of Springhill, Nova Scotia.
- Report of William F. Campbell on Deep Coal Mining in Springhill No. 2 Mine.
- Memorandum submitted by the Geological Survey of Canada.
- Notes on Various Bumps and Accompanying Plans.
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