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The Big Sleep: The Malartic Mine Fire of 1947
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Authors/contributors
- Palmer, Bryan D. (Author)
- Lunn, Robin (Author)
Title
The Big Sleep: The Malartic Mine Fire of 1947
Abstract
Introduces "The Big Sleep" by Jack Timmerman (1915-1953), an unpublished, graphic account of the Malartic Mine Fire of 1947 that resuled in the deaths of 12 miners at the gold mine in northwestern Quebec. Provides a biography of Timmerman, who was working at the mine at the time, as well as framing the disaster in terms of the persistence and frequency of such events.
Publication
Labour / Le Travail
Volume
39
Pages
225-240
Date
Spring 1997
Journal Abbr
Labour / Le Travail
ISSN
07003862
Short Title
The Big Sleep
Accessed
4/27/15, 4:14 PM
Library Catalog
EBSCOhost
Notes
Abstract by Desmond Maley.
Citation
Palmer, B. D., & Lunn, R. (1997). The Big Sleep: The Malartic Mine Fire of 1947. Labour / Le Travail, 39, 225–240. http://www.lltjournal.ca/index.php/llt/issue/view/491
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