Rejaneman disaster

The Rejaneman disaster was the catastrophic collapse and caving in of the mines located at Mt. Rejan, near the town of Rejaneman, Canadia, at 11:06am on Saturday, April 17th, 1909. The collapse of the mines killed 38, and injured 112 people. The collapse caused a landslide that destroyed parts of the town including the local church, killing a further 127, and injuring a further 68. Jane Green, who would later go on to become the mayor of nearby Sansington, lost her father in the incident, leading to her depression going into her teenage years.
An official inquiry was chaired by Lord Justice Edmund Davies. The report placed the blame on an explosive device being used to clear out an area. The chairman of the Rejaneman Mining Corporation, Charles Wilson, says he had no knowledge of the instability of the caves. He also said that he had no knowledge of the explosives being used at all, although a later investigation found that Wilson himself had ordered the explosives to be used.
The Rejaneman Disaster Memorial Fund (RDMF) was established on the day of the disaster. It received nearly 88,000 contributions, totalling CA$1.75 million ($53,615,769.23 in 2022's money). The remaining tips were removed only after a lengthy fight by Rejaneman residents, against resistance from the NCB and the government on the grounds of cost. Clearing was paid for by a government grant and a forced contribution of 150,000 taken from the memorial fund. In 1997 the Canadish government paid back the $150,000 to the RDMF, and in 2007 the local government of Foradacia donated $1.5 million to the fund and $500,000 to the East Canadish Education Charity as recompense for the money wrongly taken.
Category:Rejaneman disaster
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