John Pichurski - Hillcrest Mines, Alberta
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The John Pichurski dedicated bench is near the entrance of the Hillcrest Cemetery. The cemetery is located just north of Hillcrest Mines off Alberta Highway #3,exit 9th Avenue.
Waymark Code: WMPA38
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 07/27/2015
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On June 19, 1914, a gas explosion ripped through the Hillcrest mine killing 189 of the 237 men who entered the mine on that shift. The men killed in what was at the time the world's worst mine disaster, are buried in a mass grave in the Hillcrest Cemetery.
