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Gerald M. Stern
320 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780307783844
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
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One Saturday morning in February 1972, an impoundment dam owned by the Pittston Coal Company burst, sending a 130 million gallon, 25 foot tidal wave of water, sludge, and debris crashing into southern West Virginia's Buffalo Creek hollow. It was o...
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![The Buffalo Creek Disaster: How the survivors of one of the worst disasters in coal-mining history brought s uit against the coal company--and won by Gerald M. Stern](https://assets.thestorygraph.com/assets/placeholder-cover-2a45d917f8f8061888e77f7aae688f59aacb0ece1262c264eaa3ca9f1dfd07e8.jpg)
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Gerald M. Stern
320 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780307783844
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: Not specified
Description
One Saturday morning in February 1972, an impoundment dam owned by the Pittston Coal Company burst, sending a 130 million gallon, 25 foot tidal wave of water, sludge, and debris crashing into southern West Virginia's Buffalo Creek hollow. It was o...