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rickford66

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9. I remember this well.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Jan 24, 2015, 08:36 PM

Jan 2015

I was 12, living in NEPA and saw this on the news every night. Dozens and dozens of boxcars were thrown into that whirlpool and were crushed like tissue paper. 12 miners dead. The responsible owners were slapped on the wrists. When I've been in discussions here in upstate NY about fracking, I always bring up the history of the mine owners in NEPA. Took the money and left a disaster that took decades to clear up at our expense.

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January 22, 1959 [View all] Omaha Steve Jan 2015 OP

Thanks, Steve. mountain grammy Jan 2015 #1

I would hope each of those ten indicted eventually died in jail rurallib Jan 2015 #2

Here's a part of the appeal OnlinePoker Jan 2015 #4

Jesus weeps rurallib Jan 2015 #6

Fuck worker safety. There's money to be made. eggplant Jan 2015 #3

One of those convicted was head of the local union OnlinePoker Jan 2015 #5

Occam's razor Brother Buzz Jan 2015 #11

Appreciate the much needed remembrance of this terrible event and labor history. appalachiablue Jan 2015 #7

That's horrible. BeanMusical Jan 2015 #8

I remember this well. rickford66 Jan 2015 #9

Horrific tragedy. pacalo Jan 2015 #10

I used to see the miners stop in my Grandfather's bar after work on the way home. rickford66 Jan 2015 #12