Wall of Thick Smoke Slows Chinese Mine Rescue
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Rescuers battled thick smoke on Monday to free 141 Chinese miners trapped after a gas explosion in a coal mine in northern China that killed at least 25, state media reported.
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Two brothers have crawled to safety  after being trapped for nearly six days in a Chinese coal mine,  state media said on Monday.
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The death toll from a coal mine disaster in China has risen to 64, and hopes are fading that any survivors will be found among another 84 workers who are missing.
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A gas explosion tore through a central Chinese coal mine today, trapping at least 188 miners and sending smoke billowing out the mine&#39;s air vents, the government said.
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BEIJING - The death toll in a coal-mine explosion in central China rose to 63 with 103 workers still missing, the government said today, as toxic fumes slowed rescuers from entering the pit.
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A gas explosion blasted through a coal mine in central China on Sunday leaving more than 160 miners missing in what may be the country&#39;s worst coal mine accident in recent years.
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Carbon monoxide prevents rescuers from reaching 141 men trapped after a deadly mine blast in central China.
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About 123 miners escaped a major Sunday gas explosion at a mine in China, but more than 170 were reported trapped underground. The state-owned Chenjiashan Coalmine, under the
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BEIJING - At least thirty-threeminers were confirmed dead and rescue teams were battling to reach a further 61 trapped underground after a fire at five iron ore mines in northern China, officials and media said yesterday.
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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.
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Officials in China are holding few hopes for the survival of 148 miners trapped after a coal mine explosion. So far, 56 people are confirmed to have died in the blast in Henan province and rescue work is continuing.
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Rescuers faced thick smoke and   blistering temperatures on Thursday as they tried to reach more   than 30 miners trapped underground by a fire at a Siberian gold   mine.
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A gas explosion in a crowded coal mine  in China killed at least 60 people and left 88 missing with  little hope of surviving the country's most serious mine  accident in years.
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A massive gas explosion left up to 162 coal miners trapped underground in Shaanxi province in central China yesterday, in one of the worst mining disasters in four years.
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FUXIN, China -- Rescue crews searched yesterday for a dozen coal miners missing nearly 800 feet underground after a gas explosion in China's northeast killed 203 people in the deadliest mining disaster reported since communist rule began in 1949.
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TONGCHUAN, CHINA - A gas explosion tore through a coal mine in China&#39;s Shaanxi province, trapping as many as 170 miners underground.
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A gas explosion today in a coal mine in central China has left 187 miners trapped, the government said. The accident occurred at 7:20am (11.20pm Irish time Saturday) in the state-owned Chenjiashan coal mine