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	The Telegraph - Calcutta : International
		The blast occurred 242 metres below ground at about 0700 GMT yesterday at the Sunjiawan colliery of the state-owned Fuxin Coal Industry Group, Xinhua said, citing the Liaoning Coalmine Safety Supervision Bureau.
		The mining industry is the world?s biggest and its most deadly despite being the target of regular government campaigns to enhance safety and clean up the poorly regulated sector, the main source of fuel for the world?s seventh-biggest economy.
		China was the site of the world?s worst recorded mining disaster when up to 1,572 people were killed on April 26, 1942, in an explosion at the Honkeiko mine.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050216/asp/foreign/story_4384237.asp (422 words)

	SABCnews.com - world/asia1pacific
		China's mining industry is the world's biggest and its most deadly despite being the target of regular government campaigns to enhance safety and clean up the poorly regulated sector, the main source of fuel for the world's seventh-biggest economy.
		China was the site of the world's worst recorded mining disaster when up to 1 572 people were killed on April 26, 1942, in an explosion at the Honkeiko mine.
		China last year produced 35% of the world's coal but reported 80% of global deaths in colliery accidents at a rate of three fatalities per million tonnes of coal.
	www.sabcnews.com /world/asia1pacific/0,2172,97974,00.html (758 words)

	Whitehaven Mining Disasters- The most dangerous pits in the Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		It has been estimated that over 1200 men, women, and children have lost their lives while winning coal in the Whitehaven collieries.
		The Honkeiko Colliery coal dust explosion claimed 1,549 miners.
		The widow's pension of 2 shillings was considered high in 1839, but must have been hard stretched to raise a family.
	www.haig1.freeserve.co.uk /page5.html (638 words)

	China Mine Accident Kills More Than 200
		The 28 injured workers -- suffering burns, fractures or chemical poisoning -- were taken to hospital.
		China last year produced 35 percent of the world's coal but reported 80 percent of global deaths in colliery accidents at a rate of three fatalities per million tonnes of coal.
		At least 203 miners died in a gas explosion at a colliery in the country's north-east.
	www.minesandcommunities.org /Action/press550.htm (2218 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- UPDATE 6-China mine accident kills more than 200
		The 28 injured workers – suffering burns, fractures or chemical poisoning – were taken to hospital.
		China last year produced 35 percent of the world's coal but reported 80 percent of global deaths in colliery accidents at a rate of three fatalities per million tons of coal.
		The average Chinese miner produced 321 tons of coal – just 2.2 percent of what a miner in the more mechanised United States produced and 8.1 percent of what a South African miner produces.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20050215-0621-china-mine.html (931 words)

	203 killed in China mine accident -DAWN - International; 16 February, 2005
		The blast occurred 242 metres below ground at the Sunjiawan colliery of the state-owned Fuxin Coal Industry Group.
		China was the site of the world's worst recorded mining disaster when 1,572 people were killed on April 26, 1942, in an explosion at the Honkeiko mine.
		INJURED WORKERS: The 28 injured workers - suffering burns, fractures or chemical poisoning - were taken to hospital.
	www.dawn.com /2005/02/16/int11.htm (542 words)

	History and Society/Disasters/Coal Disaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		HISTORY AND SOCIETY << DISASTERS << COAL DISASTER
		On April 26, 1942, 1,549 people were killed by a coal-dust explosion at Honkeiko (Benxihu) Colliery, China.
		Coat dust continues to post serious risks to miners – as recently as May 15, 2002, 18 miners were killed in an explosion at a coal mine in Wentang township in China's southern Hunan province.
	www.guinnessworldrecords.com /content_pages/record.asp?recordid=49230 (60 words)

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