Silent Servants...

Silent Servants...

... of the Used, Abused, and Utterly Screwed Up.

A Secular Franciscan looks at the world...
with a more jaundiced eye than ever...
and lots of ellipses for you to fill in the missing text...
(with thanks to Thomas S. Klise for the title)



Saturday, September 06, 2008

This disaster,

on this date in 1869, led to the first mine safety laws in Pennsylvania:

The Avondale Mine Disaster

110 men died in this tragic event. Here's a shorter and generally more readable article about the same event.

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