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Cape Breton Miners' Museum: Mine Explosion in New Waterford, 1917 [Pdf]

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Sixty-five men and boys died in the 1917 mining disaster at New Waterford in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. This collection of first-hand accounts has several interviews, news articles and documentation from the subsequent inquest. Reading stories of the people who suffered in this disaster brings the event to life.

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 1 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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