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)
Alternate Title
  • 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 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.
FormatPicture
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.
Subject
    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
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      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
      Brazao, Dale
      6/14/1984
      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
      Ross, Fred
      2/25/1972
      Defeated Angela Kondrak is rushed to hospital after being pulled from Lake Ontario
      Defeated Angela Kondrak is rushed to hospital after being pulled from Lake Ontario
      Bezant, Graham
      8/19/1974
      Still friends are Marsh Cooper, right, president of Falconbridge Nickel Mines, who talks with sharehoder E. M. Beals, 74, who flew in from Boston to question plan to create 3 million new special preferred shares. Stockholders gave company the right to raise up to $75 million by selling shares, primarily to banks.
      Still friends are Marsh Cooper, right, president of Falconbridge Nickel Mines, who talks with sharehoder E. M. Beals, 74, who flew in from Boston to question plan to create 3 million new special preferred shares. Stockholders gave company the right to raise up to $75 million by selling shares, primarily to banks.
      Beaty, Keith
      7/20/1976
      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
      Inco Limited
      10/20/1977
      Sudbury miners strike it rich in lottery, Fifty-nine Sudbury area residents, most of them nickel and copper miners, hit paydirt in last Saturday's Lotto 6/49
      Sudbury miners strike it rich in lottery, Fifty-nine Sudbury area residents, most of them nickel and copper miners, hit paydirt in last Saturday's Lotto 6/49
      Griffin, Doug
      11/24/1987
      Doing a balancing act, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau zips up rubber boots as he outfits himself for underground tour at Falconbridge Nickel Mines near(...)
      Doing a balancing act, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau zips up rubber boots as he outfits himself for underground tour at Falconbridge Nickel Mines near(...)
      Ross, Fred
      2/25/1972
      The shaft head of Garson mine, one of the largest nickel ore producers in the Sudbury district
      The shaft head of Garson mine, one of the largest nickel ore producers in the Sudbury district
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      4/1/1927
      On Strike in defiance of their union leaders, International Nickel Company of Canada employees picket yesterday at the Frood mine, near Sudbury, their(...)
      On Strike in defiance of their union leaders, International Nickel Company of Canada employees picket yesterday at the Frood mine, near Sudbury, their(...)
      Dutton, Don
      7/10/1975
      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
      Cooper, David
      3/5/1980
      Injured Honeymooner Timothy Bergen, 24, is rushed into Toronto General Hospital intensive care unit today after 12-hour flight from Mexico. St. Cathar(...)
      Injured Honeymooner Timothy Bergen, 24, is rushed into Toronto General Hospital intensive care unit today after 12-hour flight from Mexico. St. Cathar(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      1/12/1978
      Hunting nuggets: Diversification plan of world's largest nickel miner has Inco officials Terrence Podolsky, left, and Jack Shaugnnessy plotting a gold hunt
      Hunting nuggets: Diversification plan of world's largest nickel miner has Inco officials Terrence Podolsky, left, and Jack Shaugnnessy plotting a gold hunt
      Beaty, Keith
      5/23/1984