Perhaps the greatest hazard to life and limb was war!. Each war, giant strides are made in medicine. More of our ancestors died in wars and from plague or flu than from anything else. Lauraine > > From: "MASmith" <momsmith@fnwusers.com> > Date: 2009/10/07 Wed AM 11:22:56 CDT > To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] lumber vs mining and then some > > Indeed, you are so right! Plenty of our ancestors worked like no one > nowadays would DREAM of working.....with all kinds of terrible hazards and > hardships involved. And many of them lost eyes, arms, legs, and were > killed in the process thereof. > > Most of my ancestors came down from Quebec to work in the mills in the New > England states. There were some ghastly accidents in these shops, on the > rails, etc. before there were any safety standards put into force. And > they worked LONG and HARD hours, walking to and from their jobs in all kinds > of weather, as well. We nowadays have NO idea was hardship is!!! > > mas >