Although this song is not about a specific disaster, the reference to “Number Two” suggests that it was written after (in response to?) the 1958 disaster, which occurred in the…
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Down in Springhill’s Bumpy Mine
Friday, May 4th, 2012Buddy, Can You Hear Me?
Friday, May 4th, 20121958 Springhill Mine Disaster
Friday, May 4th, 2012On Thursday, October 23, 1958 at approximately 8:06 PM the No. 2 Colliery just outside the town of Springhill N. S. Was struck by an underground shift in the mine,…
Springhill Mine Explosion
Friday, May 4th, 2012A recording of this song can be heard here and also on youtube: Folklorist Neil Rosenberg corresponded with both Jack Kingston and Roy Rudolph, who both wrote songs about Springhill mining…
Rescue from the Springhill Coal Mine
Friday, May 4th, 2012Miracle at Springhill
Friday, May 4th, 2012According to folklorist Neil V. Rosenberg, Roy Rudolph was inspired to write this song when he heard radio reports of the disaster. He recalled writing the song in about an…
1956 Springhill Mine Disaster
Friday, May 4th, 2012On November 1, 1956, at approximately 5:00 PM AST, a sizable explosion occurred in the No. 4 Colliery just outside the town of Springhill, Nova Scotia. The mine was owned…
Rescue at Moose River Gold Mine
Friday, May 4th, 2012This song can be heard on youtube:
Draegermen Bold
Friday, May 4th, 20121936 Moose River Mine Disaster
Friday, May 4th, 2012On April 12, 1936, a Canadian broadcaster named J. Frank Willis mesmerized the entire Canadian radio audience with his account of what happened when three men were caught by a…