The Porter Tunnel mine disaster occurred on March 1, 1977, near Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Related photos appeared in editions of the Evening Herald, Pottsville, on subsequent dates.
Rescue workers remove timber from mine cars and stack it into the bucket of a payloader for removal. Car after car of similar debris was removed from the mine where it was washed from old workings by the sudden flood.
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From Newspapers.com.
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