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Last living survivor of 1958 Springhill Mine disaster dies

The last living survivor of the 1958 Springhill Mine disaster has passed away.

Age the age of 26, Harold Brine was one of 174 men working in the number 2 mine, North America’s deepest.

It was jolted by a seismic shock wave that killed 75 miners.

He was trapped for six days near the bottom before being one of 12 rescued, 7 more were rescued two days later.

Brine lived in Geary, New Brunswick and was 91 years old.

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