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It Happened at Moose River

 
Removing the men from the shaft.
91 of 117 		Robertson and Scadding being put on the plane to be airlifted to a hospital in the city.
92 of 117 		Robertson was airlifted to the ship yards in Halifax after being rescued from the mine cave in.
93 of 117 		Robertson arriving at the shipyards where he was taken to hospital.
94 of 117 		CBC broadcasts from the site
95 of 117 		Reports came out daily in the newspaper.
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The now famous drawing of the rescue tunnel.
97 of 117 		The phone used at the time of the rescue.
98 of 117 		The phone service went through this type of switchboard.
99 of 117 		An inquest was held locally.
100 of 117 		Officials and government staff converged on the village again.
101 of 117 		Men from the community testified as to what happened during the rescue.
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Mrs. Robertson and Mrs. McGill with Mr. Messervey, Mines Minister during the time of the cave in.
103 of 117 		The pipe left sticking out of the ground was now the only indicator of where the mine had caved in.
104 of 117 		A memorial cairn was erected over the pipe.
105 of 117 		A close up picture of the cairn.
106 of 117 		A second photo of the cairn taken in August, 1936
107 of 117 		A resolution was passed in parliament to honour the rescue workers for their bravery.
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