But, today, that mining has hollowed out the ground beneath us. Pennsylvania’s inventory of abandoned coal mines is larger than that of any other state in the nation, and the Keystone State has ...
The West Pittston Historical Society (WPHS), in recognition of Anthracite Heritage Month, presented “Local Anthracite Mining in the 21st Century” on Tuesday, Jan. 28 at the West Pittston Library. The ...
PITTSBURGH ( The Jewish Chronicle) — The students of Northern Cambria High School often walked by the 85-year-old deserted synagogue ... Jewish merchants who helped build the once thriving coal-mining ...
Swaths of Pennsylvania and many other states are ... in an area above an old coal mine. The granddaughter was found safe inside the car hours later. The search for Pollard turned from a rescue ...
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Three days after a Pennsylvania woman searching ... authorities concluded 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard is not likely to have survived what could have been a 30-foot (9-meter) drop into a damp, dark ...
Swaths of Pennsylvania and many other states are ... in an area above an old coal mine. The granddaughter was found safe inside the car hours later, while the difficult and potentially dangerous ...
UNITY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA ... said the rescue effort for 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard has now shifted to a recovery effort. Police, firefighters, mining experts, and search and rescue teams ...
Puskar) Swaths of Pennsylvania and many other states are honeycombed ... from where she had parked her car, in an area above an old coal mine. The granddaughter was found safe inside the car hours ...
Three days after a Pennsylvania ... 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard is not likely to have survived what could have been a 30-foot (9-meter) drop into a damp, dark hole where coal mining ended ...
Use extra caution. Secure outdoor objects. && An abandoned coal mine is too unstable and unsafe for rescuers looking for a 64-year-old Pennsylvania woman who may have been swallowed by a sinkhole.