What is the animal that kills the most humans each year? The mosquito. And the deadliest disease in the world? Heart disease, quite simply! In fact, these are the most banal things that we should fear, but we cannot help but be horrified by major disasters, volcanic eruptions, industrial explosions or tsunamis that claim thousands of lives in a matter of hours. In France, the largest industrial accident was also the largest mining disaster in Europe, and took place in Courrières. Unlike heat waves or epidemics, it was devastating, claiming the lives of 1,099 people in just 2 minutes. Today, we will remember its victims, and how and why they died. ➤ Do you want to know more about the history of coal mines? These videos might interest you: ➜ History of the mine and the miners of the North - Interview with Virginie Malolepszy: • History of the mine and the miners of the... ➜ Germinal: how to film History? Interview with director David Hourrègue: • Germinal: how to film History ... ???? Writing: Benjamin Brillaud and Jean de Boisséson ???? Editing by V pour Valentin: / salveus ————————————————————————————————————————————————— ➤➤➤ Sources at the end of the description ————————————————————————————————————————————————— ????To subscribe and support my channel???? / @notabenemovies ????Nota Bonus channel???? / @notabonus ——————————————————————————————————————————————— ????Discover my online store???? ➜ https://nota-bene.creator-spring.com/ —————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ????You can buy my books by following this link ???? ➜ https://www.notabenemovies.com/ouvrages/ —————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ????Join me on social media!???? ➜ Twitch: / notabenemovies ➜ Facebook: / notabenemovies ➜ Twitter: / notabenemovies ➜ Instagram: / notabenemovies ➜ TikTok: / notabenemovies ➜ Snapchat: / nv73qsxl ➜ Tipeee: https://www.tipeee.com/nota-bene ➜ Website: https://www.notabenemovies.com/ ➜ Podcast: https://www.notabenemovies.com /podcasts/ ➜ Dailymotion: https://www.dailymotion.com/notabenem... ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— ➤➤➤ To find out more: ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— BOOKS AND ARTICLES Yves Lequin, “Notice COTTE Gilbert” in Le Maitron, 2013. https://maitron.fr/spip.php?article79382 Justinien Raymond, “Notice SORGUE (DURAND Antoinette)” in Le Maitron, 2020. https://maitron.fr/spip.php?article85695 Henri Bourdon, Billy-Montigny at the heart of the mining disaster of 1906 (1099 dead), 1974. https://www.cultura.com/billy-montign... La Dépêche, “The law establishing Sunday rest in 1906, the result of a long social conflict”, in ladepeche.fr, 2008. https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2008... Christian Tauziède, “Creation of testing stations and research on dust”, in Courrières 1906, les Lessons from a Disaster, 2006. https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/ind... Denis Varaschin, “1906: Disaster in the Courrières Mines”, in L'Histoire no 306, February 2006. https://www.lhistoire.fr/1906-catastr... Jacques Julliard, “Young and Old Union Among the Miners of Pas-de-Calais (Through the Papers of Pierre Monatte).” in Le Mouvement Social, No. 47, 1964. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3777208?... Marion Fontaine, “French and British Miners. A Union Reformism?”, in Mil neuf cent. Revue d'histoire intellectuelle, No. 30, 2012. https://www.cairn.info/revue-mil-neuf... Sarah d' Haeyer, The Disaster in the Courrières Mines. Stories & testimonies, 2006. Collective, March 10, 1906, the Courrières mines disaster… and after?, Mining History Center, 2007. SOURCES L'Assiette au Beurre, No. 260 of March 24, 1906, Paris. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt... https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt...