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 | The Buffalo Creek Disaster: How the survivors of one of the worst disasters in coal-mining history brought suit against the coal company--and won (1st Edition) by Gerald M. Stern Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1977 ISBN-10: 0-394-72343-0 / 0394723430 ISBN-13: 978-0-394-72343-3 / 9780394723433 One Saturday morning in February 1972, an impoundment dam owned by the Pittston Coal Company burst, sending a 130 million gallon, 25 foot tidal wave of water, sludge, and debris crashing into southern West Virginia's Buffalo Creek hollow. It was one of the deadliest floods in U.S. history. 125 peopl | |