Skip to main content
Digital Archive Ontario Homepage
Brave miner: Wayne St. Michel is rushed into Sudbury General Hospital after being pulled from a Falconbridge nickel mine but was pronounced dead a sho(...)
Brave miner: Wayne St. Michel is rushed into Sudbury General Hospital after being pulled from a Falconbridge nickel mine but was pronounced dead a sho(...)

Brave miner: Wayne St. Michel is rushed into Sudbury General Hospital after being pulled from a Falconbridge nickel mine but was pronounced dead a sho(...)

Date6/21/1984
Names
(photographer)
Format
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: Brave miner: Wayne St. Michel is rushed into Sudbury General Hospital after being pulled from a Falconbridge nickel mine but was pronounced dead a short time later. Rescuers had only words of praise for the 22-year-old college student; who was on an apprenticeship before returning to school.
Medium
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000895F
Brother's grief: Larry St. Michel joined the rest of his family at hospital when his brother Wayne was pulled from mine shaft after being trapped 27 hours by a rock burst at the mine
Brother's grief: Larry St. Michel joined the rest of his family at hospital when his brother Wayne was pulled from mine shaft after being trapped 27 hours by a rock burst at the mine
6/14/1984
Miners come off shift after learning that Inco, the giant nickel producer at Sudbury, was cutting work force after drop in profit
Miners come off shift after learning that Inco, the giant nickel producer at Sudbury, was cutting work force after drop in profit
10/20/1977
At the graveside, relatives of the miners who were entombed two months in the mine shaft before their bodies were recovered, said last farewells
At the graveside, relatives of the miners who were entombed two months in the mine shaft before their bodies were recovered, said last farewells
30 June 1947
Coffin of miner Fabian Ward is carried from Glace Bay funeral home during service today
Coffin of miner Fabian Ward is carried from Glace Bay funeral home during service today
2/27/1979
Going underground, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau tips his hardhat as he tours Falconbridge Nickel Mines, near Sudbury
Going underground, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau tips his hardhat as he tours Falconbridge Nickel Mines, near Sudbury
2/25/1972
Last of the eight caskets is being carried to the waiting trucks which took the victims of the mine fire to their last resting place following the ser(...)
Last of the eight caskets is being carried to the waiting trucks which took the victims of the mine fire to their last resting place following the ser(...)
6/30/1947
Thrown to tracks: Nancy Everell, 25, (left) was pulled from the tracks in High Park subway station by Donna Gerstmann, after a man rushed onto the nearly empty platform and pushed her over the edge
Thrown to tracks: Nancy Everell, 25, (left) was pulled from the tracks in High Park subway station by Donna Gerstmann, after a man rushed onto the nearly empty platform and pushed her over the edge
3/5/1980
A mother's hopes: Marie-Anne Belanger, mother of Lucien Belanger, one of eight miners trapped in a cave-in, sits with daughter Lise Rouchon and waits for news of rescue attempts
A mother's hopes: Marie-Anne Belanger, mother of Lucien Belanger, one of eight miners trapped in a cave-in, sits with daughter Lise Rouchon and waits for news of rescue attempts
5/23/1980
Happy reunion of Dr. Robertson and his wife was held at Belleville after he was released from hospital. Mrs. Robertson waited at the minehead at Moose(...)
Happy reunion of Dr. Robertson and his wife was held at Belleville after he was released from hospital. Mrs. Robertson waited at the minehead at Moose(...)
2/19/1944
Accidents - Mines - Canada - Quebec - Val d'or
Accidents - Mines - Canada - Quebec - Val d'or
5/29/1980
Accidents - Mines - Canada - Quebec - Val d'or
Accidents - Mines - Canada - Quebec - Val d'or
5/29/1980
Accidents - Mines - Canada - Quebec - Val d'or
Accidents - Mines - Canada - Quebec - Val d'or
n.d.