Episode 176: The Italian hall disaster

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4.2 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2021

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

After six months of striking against the copper companies of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, the families of the striking miners -especially their children - looked forward to a union Christmas party at the Italian Hall in Calumet. Everyone was having a wonderful time, right up the moment a strange man appeared and yelled, "Fire!"

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0:00.0	Hello, everybody. This is Jennifer Matarise. And before I get started with the episode today,
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