Acadiensis, Volume 17Department of History, University of New Brunswick., 1987 - Atlantic Coast (Canada) |
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When American promoter Henry Melville Whitney and some well known Canadian capitalists took control of most of the coal mines and began production on an unprecedented scale in the mid 1890s there was a great demand for labour .
When American promoter Henry Melville Whitney and some well known Canadian capitalists took control of most of the coal mines and began production on an unprecedented scale in the mid 1890s there was a great demand for labour .
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... Italians were never killed , while Newfoundlanders had " a propensity ” for getting killed or injured.55 A.D. McLennan of Whitney Pier offered his own explanation of the high accident rate among Newfoundlanders : If a foreman tells ...
... Italians were never killed , while Newfoundlanders had " a propensity ” for getting killed or injured.55 A.D. McLennan of Whitney Pier offered his own explanation of the high accident rate among Newfoundlanders : If a foreman tells ...
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