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Regulators ignore warnings of 'intake air' mine blasts
By Ken Ward Jr., The Charleston Gazette
Late on the morning of March 9, 1976, a huge explosion ripped through the Scotia Mine in Letcher County, Ky. Fifteen workers died. Two days later, 11 more were killed in a second blast.

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Regulators ignore warnings of 'intake air' mine blasts
By Ken Ward Jr., The Charleston Gazette
Late on the morning of March 9, 1976, a huge explosion ripped through the Scotia Mine in Letcher County, Ky. Fifteen workers died. Two days later, 11 more were killed in a second blast.

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