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Accidents - Disasters - Fires - Floods - Tragedies

Feb. 02, 1960 - 86 miners still closed in: For more than two days already, 86 miners are closed in 1100 m depth in the Karl Marx Mine in Zwickau/East-Germany. Life saving teams are working desperately against fire, smoke and gas. So far, they were able to rescue 40 miners, partly severely injured, and 38 bodies. Photo shows fire brigade with their extinguishers in front of the entrance of the mine

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13225615
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46980352
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3667px x 5238px (830KB)
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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1100 Able Depth Desperately East-germany Extinguishers Marx Partly Saving Severely Teams Zwickau


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