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 -----Original Message----- From: can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Faye Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 8:39 AM To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] lumber vs mining and then some It is amazing to think of all the work that is hazardous now and was moreso years ago before the added safety of technological advances. I would add fishing to the list with mining and lumbering.. I was impressed watching the seas and the boats on Discovery Channel's series "Swords" about swordfishing - with their steel hulls they were blown by heavy winds and beaten by rough seas.. and I kept thinking of all those men who went before in their not so big sailing ships - "They that go down to the sea in ships". Plenty of men from both Nova Scotia and New England were lost to Davy Jones' locker. Faye > > I'd argue that mining was far more hazardous than lumber work. > children mined as well, and many men and children were crushed by > coal carts, as well as all the cave-ins from improperly bolstered > cave mines. > > if you have Nova Scotia miner's, this website is a tribute to them. When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. To search the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION The information page is: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message