In 1948, a devastating smog disaster caused by industrial pollution took the lives of Ivan Ceh, Barbara Chinchar, Taylor Circle, John Cunningham, Clifford DeVore, Bernardo Disanzi, Mike Dorincz, Susan Gnora, William Gardner, Milton E. Hall, Emma Hobbs, Ignace Hollowiti, Ruth Jones, Jeannie Kirkwood, Marcel Kraska, Andrew Odelga, Ida Orr, Steve Faulchak, John Poklemba, Mary Pozik, Thomas Short, Peter Stancovich, Perry Stevens, Sawka Trubolis, Alice Ward, George Weisdock, and John West, while many other lives were also affected, and the disaster became a turning point in national history through clean air.
