NEWS RELEASE
Distributed April 30, 2015
City flags at half mast in
memory of lost miners
Flags at City of Nanaimo facilities
will be lowered to half mast on Sunday, May 3 to mark the anniversary of the
coal mining disaster of 1887 that took 150 lives.
The explosions in the
No. 1 Esplanade Mine which occured on May 3, 1887 shortly before 6:00 pm are known as the worst mining disaster in British
Columbia's history and second worst in Canada (the mining disaster of 1914 in
Hillcrest, Alberta killed 189 miners).
"This
tragic event in Nanaimo's history will forever be remembered by the community.
Lowering of the flags is one way we can honour the 150 lives lost on this sad
day." - Bill McKay Mayor City of Nanaimo
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