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Coal mine flooding traps 44 underground
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-05-21 13:17


Rescuers install steel pipes to pump water out of the flooded shaft of a coal mine in order to rescue at least 44 still trapped underground in Zuoyun county, Shanxi Province May 20, 2006. A total of 145 miners were working underground when the flooding accident took place on Thursday night, and 101 managed to escape, rescuers said. [Xinhua]


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