Twelve West Virginians miners lost their lives 20 years ago today in one of the worst coal mining disasters in the state’s ...
Friday marks the 20th anniversary of the explosion which ended up claiming 12 lives at the Sago Mine in Upshur County ...
SAGO, W.Va (WDTV) - Friday marks 20 years since a mining disaster rocked a small Upshur County community. On January 2nd of ...
BARRACKVILLE — When Barrackville community leaders began putting together a memorial for victims of the town's mine disasters in March, Diana Marple thought it would take five years of $1,000 ...
The probe of the worst U.S. coal-mining disaster in decades has produced its first conviction – a former mine security chief found guilty of lying to investigators. After the jury returned its verdict ...
(CNN) — Here’s a look at mine disasters, accidents and deaths in the United States. This is a list of notable mine disasters and is not all-inclusive. December 6, 1907 – Worst coal mine disaster in US ...
It was 74 years ago on December 21, 1951, when 119 men were killed after an explosion at the Orient No. 2 mine in West Frankfort.
Rescuers searching for miners trapped by a coal mine explosion in northeast China found six more bodies early Wednesday, bringing the death toll in the country's worst mining disaster in decades to ...
A civic group is leading the effort, seeking to honour the victims and provide closure for their families Eighty-three years ...
Mrs. Alfredo Pollacci (left), the wife of a miner, is comforted by a relative as she waits outside the mine for news of her husband. Miners' relatives rushed quickly to the mine as word spread about ...
It has been 20 years since 13 miners were trapped in the Sago Mine in Upshur County. Of those miners, 12 died in the tragedy.