A play about the deaths of five Italian immigrant construction labourers at Hoggs Hollow in Toronto and the impact of the tragedy

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The Toronto Workers’ Theatre Group presents an original play about the tragic deaths of five Italian immigrant labourers in a fire in a watermain tunnel they were working in at Hoggs Hollow. This disaster ignited widespread outrage that prompted extensive press coverage, a new wave of union organizing, and eventually major reforms to Ontario’s health and safety regulations.

Events & PresentationsBASTA! NO MORE FEAR! Remembering the Hoggs Hollow Disaster of 1960