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Deadly Mine Explosion in West Virginia
Dozens of rescuers try to find missing miners after an explosion kills 25 workers Monday at an underground coal mine with a history of releasing vast amounts of highly combustible methane gas.
- April 8: Michael Brooks of Webbs Of Beckley Florist delivers flowers for deceased coal miner Steven Harrah, 40, of Cool Ridge, W.Va. to the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel in Shady Springs, W.Va. Webbs has been taking orders from around the country for the funerals of three miners, Carl Acord, 52, Robert Clark, 41, and Steven Harrah, 40, from in the Beckley area.read moreAPShare
- April 6: Parishioners pray at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Whitesville, W.Va., during a mass for the coal miners who were killed. Rescue crews hoped to bore deep inside to find four miners missing after an explosion that killed at least 25 of their co-workers in the worst U.S. mine disaster in a quarter century.read moreReutersShare
- April 6: A West Virginia State Police officer stands at the entrance to the Massey's Performance Coal at the scene of a deadly accident at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Montcoal. Rescuers raced to find coal miners missing deep underground after an explosion killed their colleagues.read moreReutersShare
- April 6: A worker clears orange cones near a secondary entrance to the Massey's Performance Coal at the scene of an accident where coal miners were killed. A suspended rescue mission was to resume Tuesday after bore holes could be drilled to allow for toxic gases to be ventilated from Massey's sprawling Upper Big Branch mine.read moreReutersShare
- April 5: A West Virginia State Police officer directs traffic at the entrance to the Massey's Performance Coal at the scene of an accident where coal miners were killed. Officials had hoped some of the missing survived the blast Monday afternoon and were able to reach airtight chambers stocked with food, water and enough oxygen for them to live for four days.read moreReutersShare
- April 6: A West Virginia State Police officer is parked at the entrance to the Massey's Performance Coal at the scene of a deadly accident at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Montcoal. Rescuers raced to find coal miners missing deep underground after an explosion killed their colleagues.read moreReutersShare
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Deadly Mine Explosion in West Virginia
Dozens of rescuers try to find missing miners after an explosion kills 25 workers Monday at an underground coal mine with a history of releasing vast amounts of highly combustible methane gas.
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