BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)

39th year  -  N° 327                 Friday, 22 November 2024         Antwerpen		
Paradise Lost
Consolidated Edison Hell Gate power plant

New York City, New York, United States.

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  1. Saturday 5th of September 1931 (x) Electrician George Metesky is injured in a boiler blowback and inhales poisonous gases
    According to claims disputed by Consolidated Edison, Metesky's accident led to pneumonia that in turn developed into tuberculosis. A claim for workers' compensation was denied because he waited too long to file it. Three appeals of the denial were also rejected, the last in 1936. Metesky developed a hatred for the company's attorneys and for the three co-workers whose testimony in his compensation case he believed was perjured in favor of the company. Between 1940 and 1956 Metesky planted at least 33 bombs, of which 22 exploded.