Accidents - Disasters - Fires - Floods - Tragedies
Aug. 08, 1956 - Belgian pit fire traps 270 miners British engineer among the Entombed men: Fires are still blazing early today in the Marcinelle Pit, near Charleroi, Belgium, where 270 miners have been trapped. Among the men is believed to be one Englishman, By midnight seven injured men and eight bodies had been brought to the surface. Photo shows rescue men bring out a stretcher from the blazing mine
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13178071
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46921155
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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