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Book:Name: history of the scofield mine disaster 1900
Format: pdf
Size: 21.25 MB
Description:Title: History of the Scofield Mine Disaster
Author: James W. Dilley
Language: angielski
Year: 2011
Subjects: Current Affairs & Politics, Law, Business, Nature, History, Public Health & Safety, General & Miscellaneous Law, Industries, United States History, Legal History, Basic Materials Industries, Natural Disasters, United States History - General & Miscellaneous, United States History - Northeastern & Middle Atlantic Region, Emergency & Disaster Management Policies, Legal History - General & Miscellaneous, Mining Industries, Natural Disasters - Floods & Flooding, United States Law - General & Miscellaneous, West Virginia - State & Local History
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780307783844
Total pages: 373
Download from RapidGatorThe "suspenseful and completely absorbing story" (San Francisco Chronicle) of how survivors of the worst coal-mining disaster in history triumphed over corporate irresponsibility-written by the young lawyer who took on their case and won.
One Saturday morning in February 1972, an impoundment dam owned by the Pittston Coal Company burst, sending a 130 million gallon, 25 foot tidal wave of water, sludge, and debris crashing into southern West Virginia's Buffalo Creek hollow. It was one of the deadliest floods in U.S. history. 125 people were killed instantly, more than 1,000 were injured, and over 4,000 were suddenly homeless. Instead of accepting the small settlements offered by the coal company's insurance offices, a few hundred of the survivors banded together to sue.
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