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On Christmas Eve 1913, a Christmas party for the children of striking copper miners ends in disaster when someone yells \"FIRE\" and a stampede to get out of the building ensues. Join us as we learn about the lives of these (mostly immigrant) copper miners, their struggles, and the Christmas Eve tragedy that marked Michigan's Upper Peninsula forever. Join Jenny and her special guest, her cousin and co-blogger Emily Berry, as they break down this unthinkable disaster.


Here are the resources I used to research this episode:


https://www.mlive.com/news/2017/12/1913_italian_hall_disaster_was.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calumet,_Michigan

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/calumet-italian-hall-disaster/

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064494317941


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yjFP1IajQg - Steve Lehto on the Italian Hall Doors

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Clemenc

List of names of the victims: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02rTcmsRCTsAmmWfk8sS66ByTQqa6ntUF5aMZveCRQ4TvLEEVwiATkzysxdi6p9B6ml&id=291845417514549


","author_name":"Jenny Rapson"}