Crumbling mountain kills 3 trying to save comrades
By Michael Rubinkam - ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 08/18/07 7:18 AM
Two women console each other in Huntington, Utah, where grief deepened Friday after a new mine collapse.
HUNTINGTON, Utah — After 10 days of setbacks, nerve-jangling “bumps” and a second mine collapse that killed three workers trying to rescue six trapped comrades, authorities on Friday conceded defeat to a mountain that appeared to be slowly crumbling.
Mine “bumps” explode like hand grenades, shooting high-speed coal and rock at anyone in the way as support pillars buckle.
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By Michael Rubinkam - ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 08/18/07 7:18 AM
Two women console each other in Huntington, Utah, where grief deepened Friday after a new mine collapse.
HUNTINGTON, Utah — After 10 days of setbacks, nerve-jangling “bumps” and a second mine collapse that killed three workers trying to rescue six trapped comrades, authorities on Friday conceded defeat to a mountain that appeared to be slowly crumbling.
Mine “bumps” explode like hand grenades, shooting high-speed coal and rock at anyone in the way as support pillars buckle.
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