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Omaha Steve

(99,499 posts) Mon Jan 11, 2016, 09:38 PM Jan 2016

1-10-16 The Day the Mill Collapsed in 2:00 (one of the worst workplace disasters in U.S. history)

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/january-10-2016-the-day-the-mill-collapsed/

January 10, 2016
On this day in Labor history the year was 1860. It was a day of tragedy as The Pemberton Mill collapsed in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The collapse of the five-story textile mill was one of the worst workplace disasters in U.S. history.

2:00 minute audio at link.

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1-10-16 The Day the Mill Collapsed in 2:00 (one of the worst workplace disasters in U.S. history) (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jan 2016 OP

Thanks Steve. femmocrat Jan 2016 #1

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

1. Thanks Steve.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Mon Jan 11, 2016, 09:46 PM

Jan 2016

This tragedy is less well-known than the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, but should never be forgotten.

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