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Like a Flood from the Kocher Mine Traps Eleven Men
In a Big Lick Mountain Kocher Coal Co mine accident on March 1, nine men died as floodwaters surged through the shaft. The survivor recalls drilling, a sudden gush of air and water, and clinging to timber while praying for air and recalling his children. He saved himself by finding a pocket of air, then found Renninger dead and Shoffler missing amid wreckage.
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Tower City
Big Lick Mountain
Anna Mae
Kocher Coal Co
Ralph Renninger
Donald Shoffler
Renninger
Shoffler
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