Lugubrious Anniversaries In October

More reasons to hate Mondays...

The photographs of 42 of the 43 victims who perished in 1997...

Last October 8th, in the municipality of Saint-Bernard de Beauce, a tiny village in Quebec, Canada, they remembered the 1997 accident that cost the lives of 3% of the population there - forty-three people in all... A bus that was returning from a pilgrimage slid down a curve and into a ravine. Most of the elderly pious passengers onboard died in the tumble down the gully. The location of the accident bore that odd and evocative name, "Les Éboulements", which means "the slidings" in French. A very bad omen that proves once again that no one should ever ask "what's in a name"...



Also last October 8th, CHE GUEVARA's demise was commemorated 40 years after the fact. A demise that occurred really on October 9th... Bolivia and Cuba were united in this commemoration of the revolutionary guided by a great feeling of love.
Nathalie Cardone's song is, of course, perfect for the occasion:

And, 37 Years Ago...
Today, October 15th...

The West Gate Bridge is one of Australia's biggest cable-stayed girder bridges. Its mighty 850 metre length soars high over the banks of the Yarra River, joining Melbourne's western suburbs to the CBD. Before the bridge was built, access to the city of Melbourne and suburbs to the east was possible only by travelling the old Geelong Road . Used by thousands of commuters daily, the journey from entrance to exit, including approach roads, covers 5.6 kilometres.

To most it is simply a bridge, albeit an impressive one. To many though, the bridge is a majestic memorial which they never traverse without a feeling of sadness and a silent farewell to workmates and loved ones who died when the bridge collapsed during its construction.

This website is dedicated to those 35 working men who went to work on the 15th October, 1970 and never came home, to those who were injured, and to their brave comrades and the rescue crews who toiled tirelessly in horrific circumstances on that terrible day to assist and recover them.