From the Associated Press: The death toll from an explosion at an illegal coal mine in central China rose to 42 Wednesday with another 37 men still trapped with little hope for survival. A statement on the State Administration of Work Safety's Web... ...full story at Danwei
from Danwei on Wed, Sep 09 2009
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February 22nd 2009 »
YouTube video 74 miners die, 114 injured in a northern China mine blast
Pictured here are rescue workers emerging from a coal mine in Tunlan after todays deadly gas explosion.
It was the country's deadliest coal mine accident in more than a year.
China's mines are... |
| 15 Sep 09 |
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Death toll rises to 54 in central China colliery blast; 25 remain trapped » People's Daily The death toll from a coal mine gas explosion in central China's Henan Province rose to 54 Tuesday morning, rescue headquarters said. Chances of survival for 25 miners trapped underground a week after the accident are slim. Rescue work is... |
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Death toll rises to 79 in coal mine gas blast » Shanghai Daily Rescuers discovered nine more bodies under the shaft of the Xinyao Coal Mine, bringing the death toll as of this morning to 79, following a gas explosion in the mine in Shanxi Province on Wednesday. The explosion happened inside the Xinyao Coal Mine, a... |
| 08 Sep 09 |
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13 dead and 66 missing in coal mine blast » Danwei State media reports. From the AFP: At least 13 people were killed and 66 others remain missing after a gas explosion at a coal mine in central China, state media reported, quoting officials and the government work safety watchdog. The blast took... |
| 09 Sep 09 |
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Death toll up to 37 from central China colliery gas blast » People's Daily The death toll from a coal mine gas explosion in central China's Henan Province Tuesday rose to 37 with 42 still trapped underground, the local safety watchdog said Wednesday morning. The deadly gas blast took place around 1 a.m. Tuesday in the... |
| 05 Jul 09 |
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Death toll rises to 6 from coal mine gas blast in Xinjiang » Shanghai Daily THE death toll from a coal mine gas blast in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region rose to six today after rescuers pronounced three people dead five days after they were trapped underground. The... |