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 Buffalo Creek Flood Relive one of the worst man made disasters in history.
The Buffalo Creek Flood was an incident that occurred on February 26, 1972, when the Pittston Coal Company's coal slurry impoundment dam #3, located on a hillside in Logan County, West Virginia, burst four days after having been declared 'satisfactory' by a federal mine inspector.
The resulting flood unleashed approximately 132 million gallons of black waste water, cresting over 30ft high, upon the residents of 16 coal mining hamlets in Buffalo Creek Hollow. Out of a population of 5,000 people, 125 were killed, 1,121 were injured, and over 4,000 were left homeless. 507 houses were destroyed, in addition to forty-four mobile homes and 30 businesses. FOR MORE INFORMATION
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Person Interviewed: Doris Spence and Glenna WilleyTitle: Flood survivors Location: Logan County, West Virginia Website: http://www.wvculture.org/history/buffcreek/bctitle.html GO! Do more Traveling West Virginia. Got a place you think Brad should travel?  Email your suggestion!Copyright ©2009 WCHS-TV Eyewitness News. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. |
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