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"One More Breath": Dying Miner's Final Goodbye To Wife In 1902 Goes Viral
- Saturday August 17, 2024
- World News | Edited by Anushka De
A farewell letter written by a miner trapped in one of the worst mining disasters in US history in 1902 went viral on the internet recently. The letter is signed by a man named Jacob Vowell, who wrote his final words to his wife, Ellen.
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8 Trapped In Illegal Indonesia Gold Mine For 5 Days Feared Fead: Official
- Sunday July 30, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Eight people trapped in an illegal gold mine on the Indonesian island of Java are feared dead, a local rescue official said Sunday, as search efforts entered a fifth day with little progress.
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27 Dead In Gold Mine Fire Tragedy In Peru
- Monday May 8, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
At least 27 workers have died in a fire at a gold mine in a remote area of southern Peru, authorities said Sunday, making it one of the worst mining tragedies in the South American country's recent history.
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Russia Mine Tragedy Deaths Jump Past 50, Include 6 Rescuers: Report
- Friday November 26, 2021
- World News | Reuters
A gas leak in a Siberian coal mine killed at least 52 people on Thursday, Russian news agencies said, including six rescuers who were sent down to try to bring out dozens of men in what was one of Russia's worst mining disasters since Soviet times.
- www.ndtv.com
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Rahul Gandhi Calls For "In-Depth Investigation" On Blast At Quarry In Karnataka
- Friday January 22, 2021
- India News | Press Trust of India
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the news of the blast at a stone mining quarry in Karnataka is tragic and asserted that such incidents call for an in-depth investigation so that similar tragedies can be avoided in the future.
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Supreme Court Allows Meghalaya To Call Off Operations In Mine Tragedy
- Friday July 12, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
Seven months after 15 people were trapped in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya, the Supreme Court today allowed the state government's plea seeking its permission to call off the ongoing operation to retrieve the bodies.
- www.ndtv.com
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South Africa Women's World Cup Cricketer Dies In Double Tragedy
- Monday April 8, 2019
- Agence France-Presse
Elriesa Theunissen-Fourie, 25, represented South Africa in four internationals -- three ODIs and one Twenty20 -- and was part of the 2013 World Cup squad.
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Navy, Army Decide To End Operation In Meghalaya's Mine Tragedy
- Saturday March 2, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
A team of rescuers from the Navy and Army Friday announced to leave the operation site in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district after 60 days of searching the 15 miners trapped in a 370 feet-deep illegal coal mine.
- www.ndtv.com
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At Least 58 Dead, Over 300 Missing In Brazil Dam Tragedy
- Monday January 28, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Fears of a second dam breach at a Brazilian mining complex receded Sunday, enabling a search to resume for the more than 300 people still missing two days after a dam collapse that has killed at least 58 people.
- www.ndtv.com
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At Least 30 Killed After Gold Mine Collapses In Afghanistan, Say Police
- Sunday January 6, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
At least 30 people were killed when a gold mine collapsed in northeastern Afghanistan on Sunday, officials said, in the latest tragedy to strike the war-torn country.
- www.ndtv.com
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South African Probe Blames Lonmin, Police, Unions for 'Marikana Massacre': Jacob Zuma
- Friday June 26, 2015
- World News | Reuters
An inquiry into South Africa's worst police killing since the end of apartheid blamed a mining company, police and unions for the "horrendous tragedy", President Jacob Zuma said today.
- www.ndtv.com
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Turkish Miners March on Parliament to Demand Better Conditions
- Wednesday July 16, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A group of Turkish miners from the town hit in May by Turkey's worst ever mine tragedy marched on parliament on Wednesday to urge the government to honour the promises made in the wake of the disaster.
- www.ndtv.com
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Beas Tragedy Exposes Illegal Sand Mining
- Sunday June 15, 2014
- India News | Press Trust of India
After the Beas tragedy brought to the fore the rampant illegal sand mining in interiors of Himachal Pradesh, the government has directed authorities to take firm steps to curb the practise and close all "illegal" approach roads to river banks.
- www.ndtv.com
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Turkey's Tayyip Erodgan Slams Critics in German Speech
- Sunday May 25, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan told a cheering arena of 16,000 diaspora supporters in Germany on Saturday to integrate but not assimilate and slammed German criticism of his response to a mining tragedy, in a defiant hour-long speech.
- www.ndtv.com
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'I Had to Step on My Friends' Bodies to Escape': Turkey Mine Survivor
- Sunday May 18, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Murat Yokus may have escaped Turkey's deadliest mine explosion, but he is unable to erase the memories of his friends falling one by one to the ground, suffocated by thick fumes that engulfed the tunnels where they were trapped.
- www.ndtv.com
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"One More Breath": Dying Miner's Final Goodbye To Wife In 1902 Goes Viral
- Saturday August 17, 2024
- World News | Edited by Anushka De
A farewell letter written by a miner trapped in one of the worst mining disasters in US history in 1902 went viral on the internet recently. The letter is signed by a man named Jacob Vowell, who wrote his final words to his wife, Ellen.
- www.ndtv.com
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8 Trapped In Illegal Indonesia Gold Mine For 5 Days Feared Fead: Official
- Sunday July 30, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Eight people trapped in an illegal gold mine on the Indonesian island of Java are feared dead, a local rescue official said Sunday, as search efforts entered a fifth day with little progress.
- www.ndtv.com
-
27 Dead In Gold Mine Fire Tragedy In Peru
- Monday May 8, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
At least 27 workers have died in a fire at a gold mine in a remote area of southern Peru, authorities said Sunday, making it one of the worst mining tragedies in the South American country's recent history.
- www.ndtv.com
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Russia Mine Tragedy Deaths Jump Past 50, Include 6 Rescuers: Report
- Friday November 26, 2021
- World News | Reuters
A gas leak in a Siberian coal mine killed at least 52 people on Thursday, Russian news agencies said, including six rescuers who were sent down to try to bring out dozens of men in what was one of Russia's worst mining disasters since Soviet times.
- www.ndtv.com
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Rahul Gandhi Calls For "In-Depth Investigation" On Blast At Quarry In Karnataka
- Friday January 22, 2021
- India News | Press Trust of India
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the news of the blast at a stone mining quarry in Karnataka is tragic and asserted that such incidents call for an in-depth investigation so that similar tragedies can be avoided in the future.
- www.ndtv.com
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Supreme Court Allows Meghalaya To Call Off Operations In Mine Tragedy
- Friday July 12, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
Seven months after 15 people were trapped in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya, the Supreme Court today allowed the state government's plea seeking its permission to call off the ongoing operation to retrieve the bodies.
- www.ndtv.com
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South Africa Women's World Cup Cricketer Dies In Double Tragedy
- Monday April 8, 2019
- Agence France-Presse
Elriesa Theunissen-Fourie, 25, represented South Africa in four internationals -- three ODIs and one Twenty20 -- and was part of the 2013 World Cup squad.
- sports.ndtv.com
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Navy, Army Decide To End Operation In Meghalaya's Mine Tragedy
- Saturday March 2, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
A team of rescuers from the Navy and Army Friday announced to leave the operation site in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district after 60 days of searching the 15 miners trapped in a 370 feet-deep illegal coal mine.
- www.ndtv.com
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At Least 58 Dead, Over 300 Missing In Brazil Dam Tragedy
- Monday January 28, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Fears of a second dam breach at a Brazilian mining complex receded Sunday, enabling a search to resume for the more than 300 people still missing two days after a dam collapse that has killed at least 58 people.
- www.ndtv.com
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At Least 30 Killed After Gold Mine Collapses In Afghanistan, Say Police
- Sunday January 6, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
At least 30 people were killed when a gold mine collapsed in northeastern Afghanistan on Sunday, officials said, in the latest tragedy to strike the war-torn country.
- www.ndtv.com
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South African Probe Blames Lonmin, Police, Unions for 'Marikana Massacre': Jacob Zuma
- Friday June 26, 2015
- World News | Reuters
An inquiry into South Africa's worst police killing since the end of apartheid blamed a mining company, police and unions for the "horrendous tragedy", President Jacob Zuma said today.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Turkish Miners March on Parliament to Demand Better Conditions
- Wednesday July 16, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A group of Turkish miners from the town hit in May by Turkey's worst ever mine tragedy marched on parliament on Wednesday to urge the government to honour the promises made in the wake of the disaster.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Beas Tragedy Exposes Illegal Sand Mining
- Sunday June 15, 2014
- India News | Press Trust of India
After the Beas tragedy brought to the fore the rampant illegal sand mining in interiors of Himachal Pradesh, the government has directed authorities to take firm steps to curb the practise and close all "illegal" approach roads to river banks.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Turkey's Tayyip Erodgan Slams Critics in German Speech
- Sunday May 25, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan told a cheering arena of 16,000 diaspora supporters in Germany on Saturday to integrate but not assimilate and slammed German criticism of his response to a mining tragedy, in a defiant hour-long speech.
- www.ndtv.com
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'I Had to Step on My Friends' Bodies to Escape': Turkey Mine Survivor
- Sunday May 18, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Murat Yokus may have escaped Turkey's deadliest mine explosion, but he is unable to erase the memories of his friends falling one by one to the ground, suffocated by thick fumes that engulfed the tunnels where they were trapped.
- www.ndtv.com