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Iron work is a skilled craft that dates back to the late 19th century and is a result of the rapid rise in the use of modern steel in iron bridges and skyscrapers. [4] It was and is also an exceptionally dangerous job; hundreds of iron workers fell to their death every year in the late years of the nineteenth century.
Oldcroghan Man in the National Museum of Ireland Oldcroghan Man on display in the National Museum of Ireland. Old Croghan Man (Seanfhear Chruacháin in Irish) is a well-preserved Irish Iron Age bog body found in June 2003. The remains are named after Croghan Hill, north of Daingean, County Offaly, near where the body was found
Salvatore "Sal the Iron Worker" Montagna (Italian: [salvaˈtoːre monˈtaɲɲa]; 1971 – November 24, 2011) was an Italian-Canadian crime boss and acting boss of the Bonanno crime family in New York City, as well as the Sicilian faction-leader of the Bronx section. He had later been associated with the Rizzuto crime family of Montreal.
One of the world’s biggest manufacturers of industrial vehicles and equipment has been cited and penalized for the death of a worker who fell into an 11-foot-deep pot of molten iron heated to ...
A man who lived inside an ‘iron lung’ for seven decades after contracting polio as a child has died. Paul Alexander was paralysed from the neck down after contracting the virus in 1952. He ...
Since 2,753 died in a matter of minutes, including 343 firefighters and paramedics, 23 NYPD officers, and 37 Port Authority Police officers. All those office workers. Since Falling Man.
Clonycavan Man is believed to have been murdered, based on an examination of the evidence found on his body by the Garda Technical Bureau (Irish Police Forensic Division). His skull looks to have been split open by a sharp implement. There is a deep wound on the top of his head, and parts of his brain have been found in this wound.
By 1970, through the Cold War buildup, iron worker wages peaked at $44.80 (2010) ($7.97). Then, following the 1965 new immigration policy and the start of the fourth great migration wave, [ 5 ] wages fell 10% to $40.38 (2010) by 1980 ($15.26), and fell another 20% to $29.90 (2010) per hour ($20.88) by 1990, comparable to the 1950s wage rate.