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1. Coal mining is such a s**tshow. Around the corner from my grandmothers

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Dec 8, 2025, 10:54 AM

Dec 8

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homestead they opened a coal mine when she was in her 90s (The Westray Mine in Nova Scotia). She was living in an old age home in Ottawa. It promptly had an explosion that killed quite a few people. There were investigations. It was in the news all the time. That is how she spent the last 10 years listening to that on the radio. So upsetting. Fortunately she didn't know any of the victims but she knew someone who knew someone of course. Coal is one of those things that should stay in the ground.

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On December 6, 1907, 362 workers were killed in the Monongah mining disaster. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Dec 8 OP

Coal mining is such a s**tshow. Around the corner from my grandmothers applegrove Dec 8 #1