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The gaping smoldering slag dam above the community of Three Forks, West Virginia, the first hamlet to be destroyed by the rampaging waters in Buffalo Creek Hollow, continues to smoke as water flows from upstream, March 3, 1972. A coal slurry impoundment dam in Logan County burst four days after having been declared "satisfactory" by a federal mine inspector. (AP Photo)
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Minimum price 50PLN
1972-03-03
AP/East News
Associated Press
AP/APHS442187
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