The Westray Mine was a Canadian coal mine in Plymouth, Nova Scotia. Westray was owned and operated by Curragh Resources Incorporated (Curragh Inc.), which...
35 KB (3,773 words) - 22:02, 24 November 2024
near-urban sprawl, Plymouth is home to the site of the Westray Mine. A methane gas explosion in the mine on May 9, 1992, which killed 26 miners, placed Plymouth...
2 KB (177 words) - 17:13, 26 July 2024
Orkney Islands Westray Mine, in Nova Scotia, Canada "Westray", a song by Weeping Tile on their album Cold Snap (album) and EP eepee Ron Westray, jazz trombonist...
469 bytes (91 words) - 18:23, 21 May 2023
Mining accident (redirect from Mine explosion)
Dobrnja-Jug mine disaster. 180 miners were killed at the Mramor coal mine near Tuzla,SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia. May 9, 1992: Westray Mine, Pictou...
104 KB (10,553 words) - 19:33, 7 December 2024
Tragedy of Westray". Nova Scotia Museum of Industry. Retrieved 1 April 2020. Beswick, Aaron (8 July 2019). "Proposed Pictou County open pit coal mine project...
9 KB (694 words) - 02:36, 17 October 2024
development of the Westray Mine in Pictou County, Nova Scotia. Many expressed concern in the provincial media for the safety of workers in such a mine. While coal...
15 KB (1,331 words) - 02:27, 15 October 2024
Leo McKay, Jr. The title refers to the number of miners killed in the Westray Mine explosion. 26 is: The sixth track of After Laughter, the fifth studio...
9 KB (1,143 words) - 13:47, 8 December 2024
established 1967 Acadian Federation of Nova Scotia established 1968 Westray Mine explosion 1992 First Black MLA elected 1993 Mi'kmaq-Nova Scotia-Canada...
33 KB (3,286 words) - 21:08, 17 December 2024
include: Black ribbons were worn and placed on doors after the May 1992 Westray Mine Disaster in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada. The ribbon was worn in...
9 KB (846 words) - 04:49, 15 November 2024
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is adopted in New York. The Westray Mine in Plymouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, explodes, killing all 26 miners working...
48 KB (5,171 words) - 15:25, 13 December 2024
Faro, Yukon (category Mines in Yukon)
long after Curragh Resources suffered a coal mining disaster at the Westray Mine in Plymouth, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. A third operation, by the Anvil...
23 KB (1,665 words) - 23:20, 14 April 2024
established 1967 Acadian Federation of Nova Scotia established 1968 Westray Mine explosion 1992 First Black MLA elected 1993 Mi'kmaq-Nova Scotia-Canada...
6 KB (577 words) - 05:36, 21 October 2024
established 1967 Acadian Federation of Nova Scotia established 1968 Westray Mine explosion 1992 First Black MLA elected 1993 Mi'kmaq-Nova Scotia-Canada...
26 KB (3,095 words) - 06:37, 22 December 2024
disposable plastic toilet-seat covers that never ended up being used. Westray Mine — Dangerous practices by mining companies resulted in the death of 26...
74 KB (5,020 words) - 21:03, 17 December 2024
United Mine Workers took control of the coal miners. Success was due to the aggressive leadership of J. B. McLachlan (1869–1937), who left the coal mines of...
112 KB (13,499 words) - 15:30, 15 November 2024
manslaughter. In Canada, Bill C-45 was enacted as a response to the Westray Mine explosion that killed twenty-six miners in 1992. The Bill added a new...
15 KB (1,666 words) - 05:20, 27 November 2024
established 1967 Acadian Federation of Nova Scotia established 1968 Westray Mine explosion 1992 First Black MLA elected 1993 Mi'kmaq-Nova Scotia-Canada...
28 KB (3,160 words) - 18:09, 20 October 2024
destroying 63 buildings and demolishing eight bridges. May 9, 1992: Westray mine disaster, Plymouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. A methane explosion killed all...
85 KB (9,631 words) - 23:57, 13 November 2024
marking a major turning point in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. 1992 – Westray Mine disaster kills 26 workers in Nova Scotia, Canada. 2001 – In Ghana, 129...
43 KB (4,194 words) - 07:56, 13 December 2024
and seven others were left missing, presumably drowned. 1992 May 9 Westray Mine disaster Mining disaster Plymouth, Nova Scotia Atlantic Canada 26 1992...
51 KB (1,178 words) - 23:20, 20 October 2024
has been cited repeatedly in other similar situations including the Westray Mine disaster of 1992 and the Algo Centre Mall collapse in Elliot Lake in...
10 KB (1,241 words) - 23:03, 20 December 2024
History of coal mining (category United Mine Workers of America)
safety and fair wages. Westray Mine near Stellarton closed in 1992 after an explosion killed 26 miners. All the subsurface mines were closed by 2001, although...
84 KB (11,001 words) - 14:47, 17 December 2024
established 1967 Acadian Federation of Nova Scotia established 1968 Westray Mine explosion 1992 First Black MLA elected 1993 Mi'kmaq-Nova Scotia-Canada...
12 KB (1,054 words) - 14:56, 3 May 2024
established 1967 Acadian Federation of Nova Scotia established 1968 Westray Mine explosion 1992 First Black MLA elected 1993 Mi'kmaq-Nova Scotia-Canada...
8 KB (849 words) - 23:07, 22 July 2024
decision set a precedent for future judicial inquiries including the Westray Mine disaster of 1992 and the Algo Centre Mall collapse in Elliot Lake in...
20 KB (2,453 words) - 20:35, 6 May 2024
loosely based on the real-life Westray Mine explosion of 1992. Like the real-life incident, the novel's Eastyard mine disaster has themes of government...
4 KB (456 words) - 21:30, 8 June 2024
exhibit on coal mining in Nova Scotia including a special display on the Westray Mine disaster which took place near the museum, on May 9, 1992. "Staff". Nova...
3 KB (294 words) - 17:12, 23 May 2023
established 1967 Acadian Federation of Nova Scotia established 1968 Westray Mine explosion 1992 First Black MLA elected 1993 Mi'kmaq-Nova Scotia-Canada...
14 KB (1,654 words) - 02:38, 3 September 2024
The mine produces about 300,000 tonnes of coal per year. Its principal customer is the Trenton Generating Station. Pioneer Coal Limited Westray Mine "Donkin...
4 KB (336 words) - 19:48, 4 March 2023
established 1967 Acadian Federation of Nova Scotia established 1968 Westray Mine explosion 1992 First Black MLA elected 1993 Mi'kmaq-Nova Scotia-Canada...
10 KB (1,099 words) - 21:43, 24 November 2024