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1947: 'Dear wife. Goodbye' 111 die in Illinois mine disaster

Seventy-seven years ago today, coal dust exploded deep inside Centralia Coal Co. s Mine No. 5, killing 111 men. ....

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1947: 'Dear wife. Goodbye' 111 die in Illinois mine disaster

Seventy-seven years ago today, coal dust exploded deep inside Centralia Coal Co. s Mine No. 5, killing 111 men. ....

United States , West Frankfort , Driscoll Scanlan , Adlai Stevenson , Calvin Barnes , Robert Medill , William Young , Illlinois Department Of Mines , Republican Party , Centralia Coal Co , Louis Post Dispatch , Centralia Coal , United Mine Workers Local , Dwight Green , Illlinois Department , Pulitzer Prize , Democrat Adlai ,

1947: 'Dear wife. Goodbye' 111 die in Illinois mine disaster

Seventy-seven years ago today, coal dust exploded deep inside Centralia Coal Co. s Mine No. 5, killing 111 men. ....

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The increasing hazard of black lung disease facing coal miners

▶ Watch Video: Black lung threat increasing among coal miners West Virginia, October. Friday night football. The Oak Hill Red Devils are hosting the Buckhannon… ....

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The increasing hazard of black lung disease facing coal miners

Traditionally one in every five coal miners ended up with black lung disease. But today, in Appalachia, miners are suffering from black lung at increasingly younger ages - and experts say a new rule to protect against silica dust doesn't go far enough. ....

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