Memories of the Fire

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On September 24, 1970, an explosion and fire flattened the Port Clyde Sardine factory, putting two hundred workers, mostly women, out of work, and changing the town of St. George permanently. Residents remember the factory and the fire In this video by Alex Acquisto, Ashley Cleek, Nellie Large, and Emma Weatherill, students at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Watch the video.

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