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Village of the Walking Dead: Hawk's Nest Tunnel Death Toll
GAULEY BRIDGE W VA Jan 16 The eerie tale of the Hawk's Nest tunnel and the village of walking dead men may reach Congress as workers suffer silicosis from silica dust while drilling four miles through mountains for the New Kanawha Power plant. Rinehart and Dennis have paid about 1 million in settlements for some 425 cases of death and injury. The case highlights vast dangers, disputed records, and legal actions against the tunnel operator, with doctors warning permanent injury and early death for many laborers.
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Robert Bullner
Gauley Bridge
W. VA
Hawk’s Nest
West Virginia
Congress
Washington
House
Labor Committee
Vito Marcantonio
Rinehart and Dennis
Charlottesville
Kanawha Power Company
Kanawha Valley
Charleston
Sia
New River
New Kanawha Company
Rinshart and
Dennis
Stangé
L. R. Harless
River
Fayette County
Fayetteville
Dora Jones
Rinehart
Dannis
Press Court
Haymond Maxwell
Rinshart
Fayette
Wanawha
Arthur P. Hudson
Hanley White