Mining foreman R. Thornburg shows a small cage with a canary used for testing carbon monoxide gas in 1928. George McCaa, U.S. Bureau of Mines Never mind the gas—it was automation that got them ...

Disaster at the Monongah coal mine in West Virginia in 1907 when an explosion killed more than 360 workers. ... (This is the origin of the “canary in a coal mine” metaphor.) ...

Key Words Why Ray Dalio says SVB collapse is a ‘canary in the coal mine’ Bank’s implosion was a ‘very classic event’ that’s part of the short-term debt cycle, Dalio says ...

A new report analyzing the 2023 collapse of Skid Row Housing Trust found problems throughout L.A.'s homeless housing system. ... Knowlton said, was, “a canary in the coal mine situation. ...

With the help of laser sensors, drones and a robot dog, workers are preparing to re-enter one of Queensland's largest ...

Starting in the late 19th century, coal miners made practical use of caged canaries to determine if the carbon monoxide level in a mine was dangerously high. When the bird was no longer singing it ...

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The trust’s collapse, Knowlton said, was, “a canary in the coal mine situation.” Times staff writer Douglas Smith contributed to this report. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.