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Henshaw, Blain, 1946-
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Moose River Gold Mine Disaster, N.S., 1936.
Gold mines and mining -- Accidents -- Nova Scotia -- Moose River.
Mine accidents -- Nova Scotia -- Moose River.
Rescue operations -- Nova Scotia -- Moose River Gold Mines -- History -- 20th century.
Rescues -- Nova Scotia -- Moose River Gold Mines -- History -- 20th century.
Radio journalism -- Nova Scotia -- Moose River Gold Mines -- History -- 20th century.
Radio broadcasting -- Nova Scotia -- Moose River Gold Mines -- History -- 20th century.
Moose River Gold Mines (N.S.) -- History -- 20th century.
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Henshaw, Blain, 1946-
Moose River Gold Mine Disaster, N.S., 1936.
Gold mines and mining -- Accidents -- Nova Scotia -- Moose River.
Mine accidents -- Nova Scotia -- Moose River.
Rescue operations -- Nova Scotia -- Moose River Gold Mines -- History -- 20th century.
Rescues -- Nova Scotia -- Moose River Gold Mines -- History -- 20th century.
Radio journalism -- Nova Scotia -- Moose River Gold Mines -- History -- 20th century.
Radio broadcasting -- Nova Scotia -- Moose River Gold Mines -- History -- 20th century.
Moose River Gold Mines (N.S.) -- History -- 20th century.
MARC Display
Rescue at
Moose
River
: birthplace of on-the-spot reporting / Blain Henshaw.
by
Henshaw, Blain, 1946-
Pottersfield Press, 2017.
Call #:
971.622 H526r
Subjects
Moose
River
Gold
Mine Disaster, N.S., 1936.
Gold
mines
and
mining
--
Accidents
--
Nova
Scotia
--
Moose
River
.
Mine
accidents
--
Nova
Scotia
--
Moose
River
.
Rescue operations
--
Nova
Scotia
--
Moose
River
Gold
Mines
--
History
--
20th century.
Rescues
--
Nova
Scotia
--
Moose
River
Gold
Mines
--
History
--
20th century.
Radio journalism
--
Nova
Scotia
--
Moose
River
Gold
Mines
--
History
--
20th century.
Radio broadcasting
--
Nova
Scotia
--
Moose
River
Gold
Mines
--
History
--
20th century.
Moose
River
Gold
Mines
(N.S.)
--
History
--
20th century.
ISBN:
9781988286167 (pbk.)
Description:
158 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-158).
Summary:
"On Easter weekend in 1936, three men went down into an old rundown
gold
mine at
Moose
River
in a remote area of
Nova
Scotia
. While below, they became trapped by a massive cave-in at the 141-foot level. One man was a pediatrician, the second a young lawyer, and the third the
mining
company timekeeper. They had entered the mine to assess its potential for possible sale to an unnamed United States interest. With the heroic efforts of more than 150 men and women volunteers, including local miners, hard rock miners from Ontario, draegermen from Pictou County, and a tenacious young diamond drill operator from Pictou County, two of the men were recovered alive. The third man died underground on the eighth day of their entombment. Halifax broadcaster J. Frank Willis made history with his live reports from the mine head that were broadcast on more than 700 radio stations around the world, including the major U.S. networks and the BBC. It marked the beginning of a new era in broadcasting and in journalism. Until then, radio was known chiefly as a music and entertainment medium; news gathering and reporting had been the bailiwick of newspapers and newswire services. Little did Willis know when he filed his first report from the site that he was making broadcast history by pioneering live on-the-spot reporting. The story of how these two events, one tragic, one historic, came together in the backwoods of
Nova
Scotia
more than 80 years ago. Blain Henshaw is a
Nova
Scotia
journalist, broadcaster, singer, and performer. He is the author of All Hands Lost: The Sinking of the
Nova
Scotian Gypsum Freighter Novadoc"
--
Provided by publisher.
"
Moose
River
Gold
Mines
is a Canadian rural community located in
Nova
Scotia
's Halifax Regional Municipality. It is located at the junction of
Moose
River
Road and Mooseland Road. No numbered highways run through
Moose
River
Gold
Mines
.
Gold
was discovered in the area in 1866 and
mining
started in the 1870s. Interest waned around 1900 but rose in the 1930s. The community gained international attention in 1936 when three men were trapped in the mine"--From wikipedia.org website.
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