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"One More Breath": Dying Miner's Final Goodbye To Wife In 1902 Goes Viral
A farewell letter written by a miner trapped in one of the worst mining disasters in US history in 1902 went viral on the internet recently. The letter is signed by a man named Jacob Vowell, who wrote his final words to his wife, Ellen.
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8 Trapped In Illegal Indonesia Gold Mine For 5 Days Feared Fead: Official
Eight people trapped in an illegal gold mine on the Indonesian island of Java are feared dead, a local rescue official said Sunday, as search efforts entered a fifth day with little progress.
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Turkish Miners March on Parliament to Demand Better Conditions
A group of Turkish miners from the town hit in May by Turkey's worst ever mine tragedy marched on parliament on Wednesday to urge the government to honour the promises made in the wake of the disaster.
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'I Had to Step on My Friends' Bodies to Escape': Turkey Mine Survivor
Murat Yokus may have escaped Turkey's deadliest mine explosion, but he is unable to erase the memories of his friends falling one by one to the ground, suffocated by thick fumes that engulfed the tunnels where they were trapped.
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Turkish Miner Who Survived Says Company to Blame
Miner Erdal Bicak believes he knows why so many of his colleagues died in Turkey's worst mining disaster: company negligence.
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Turkish Mine Rescue Winds up as Death Toll Rises to 301
Rescue workers began winding up their operations on Saturday after finding the bodies of two more miners, believed to be the last remaining in the mine, bringing the death toll in Turkey's worst industrial disaster to 301, the energy minister said.
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Stricken Turkish Mining Town Buries its Sons
A coffin is borne aloft by the crowd to a row of hastily-dug graves, as the stricken community of Soma buries the fathers, sons and husbands lost in Turkey's worst ever mining accident.
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Turkey Mine Blast Kills Over 200, Hundreds More Trapped
More than 200 people have been killed and hopes are fading for hundreds more still trapped underground after an explosion at a coal mine in western Turkey, one of the worst industrial disasters ever to hit the country.
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"One More Breath": Dying Miner's Final Goodbye To Wife In 1902 Goes Viral
A farewell letter written by a miner trapped in one of the worst mining disasters in US history in 1902 went viral on the internet recently. The letter is signed by a man named Jacob Vowell, who wrote his final words to his wife, Ellen.
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8 Trapped In Illegal Indonesia Gold Mine For 5 Days Feared Fead: Official
Eight people trapped in an illegal gold mine on the Indonesian island of Java are feared dead, a local rescue official said Sunday, as search efforts entered a fifth day with little progress.
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Turkish Miners March on Parliament to Demand Better Conditions
A group of Turkish miners from the town hit in May by Turkey's worst ever mine tragedy marched on parliament on Wednesday to urge the government to honour the promises made in the wake of the disaster.
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'I Had to Step on My Friends' Bodies to Escape': Turkey Mine Survivor
Murat Yokus may have escaped Turkey's deadliest mine explosion, but he is unable to erase the memories of his friends falling one by one to the ground, suffocated by thick fumes that engulfed the tunnels where they were trapped.
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Turkish Miner Who Survived Says Company to Blame
Miner Erdal Bicak believes he knows why so many of his colleagues died in Turkey's worst mining disaster: company negligence.
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Turkish Mine Rescue Winds up as Death Toll Rises to 301
Rescue workers began winding up their operations on Saturday after finding the bodies of two more miners, believed to be the last remaining in the mine, bringing the death toll in Turkey's worst industrial disaster to 301, the energy minister said.
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Stricken Turkish Mining Town Buries its Sons
A coffin is borne aloft by the crowd to a row of hastily-dug graves, as the stricken community of Soma buries the fathers, sons and husbands lost in Turkey's worst ever mining accident.
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Turkey Mine Blast Kills Over 200, Hundreds More Trapped
More than 200 people have been killed and hopes are fading for hundreds more still trapped underground after an explosion at a coal mine in western Turkey, one of the worst industrial disasters ever to hit the country.
