Hope fades for 15 miners trapped in Polish mine
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RUDA SLASKA, Poland  - Hopes of saving 15 miners trapped deep underground in a Polish coal mine faded on Wednesday as rising gas levels and flooding forced a temporary break in rescue efforts.
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RUDA SLASKA, Poland  - A gas explosion killed at least one miner and trapped 23 others underground in a deep coal mine in southern Poland on Tuesday, police said.
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Twenty-five Chinese coal miners were killed and 141 remained trapped underground a day after China&#39;s third major mining accident in less than six weeks.
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RUDA SLASKA, Poland  - Polish officials said on Wednesday they feared the worst as rescuers battled to reach 15 miners trapped with little or no air in a deep coal mine after an explosion killed at least eight others.
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Eight coal miners were killed after a suspected gas explosion in a mine in southern Poland on Tuesday, and fears were growing as rescuers tried to reach 15 others trapped more than 3,000 underground.
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BEIJING  - Rescue teams resigned themselves to pulling only corpses from a mine where 103 workers remained trapped after a gas blast, as Chinese media demanded investment to mechanize the industry and improve safety.
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RUDA SLASKA, Poland  - Rescue workers planned to resume efforts early on Thursday to reach 15 miners trapped underground in a Polish coal mine, but local media said it may be too late to save them.
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For nearly four weeks a mining community in central Utah held out hope that six men trapped in a coal mine cave-in would be found alive. That hope is gone now that federal mine officials have suspended the search for the men.
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Authorities say the chances of survival of more than 50 miners trapped in India's Jharkhand state are "zero".
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Toxic gas hampered the search for 141 trapped coal miners Monday following an explosion in central China, and an official said their chances of survival were ``extremely slight.
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Rescuers have recovered the bodies of all 12 miners missing after a blast at a coal mine in central China, with no word on the fate of 181 miners trapped underground in the east for more than two weeks.
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Rescue teams were struggling on Sunday to save more than 60 workers trapped underground after a blaze at five iron ore mines in North China&#39;s Hebei province, officials and state media reported.
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BEIJING - Chinese authorities say 141 miners trapped in an underground gas explosion Sunday have no chance of survival, bringing the toll from the disaster to 166 and making it the country&#39;s worst mining disaster in four years.
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RUDA SLASKA, Poland - In Poland's worst mining disaster since the 1970s, all 23 miners caught in a gas explosion in a pit in the south of the country were confirmed dead on ...Comment
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The families of six trapped miners are "waiting for a miracle," their spokesman said, as rescuers made one last attempt to find the missing men and lawmakers in Washington announced twin probes into safety at the mine.
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Struggling 1,000 feet below ground, rescuers drew close Saturday to a section of a collapsed mine shaft where they hoped to find 71 coal miners missing in a gas explosion. The number of confirmed dead rose to 77.
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BEIJING Chinese rescuers a thousand feet underground have struggled closer today to a section of a collapsed mine shaft where they hoped to find 71 coal miners missing in a gas explosion.