A gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in northern China on Sunday, killing at least 73 miners and trapping dozens in the still-burning shaft, state media said. China’s mines are the world’s most dangerous with more than 3,000 deaths …
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Tour-bus accident claims 7, injures 9
A tour bus carrying Chinese tourists crashed Friday afternoon on a highway near Hoover Dam, killing seven passengers and injuring nine others, authorities said. Six fatalities were confirmed on the scene, about 40 miles northwest of Kingman; a seventh person …
China quake claimed 19,000 in school collapses
Chinese authorities have revealed for the first time that around 19,000 children were killed in the earthquake in Sichuan province in May . They say many died as a result of school building collapses. The figure is much higher than …
Death toll rises to eight in E China subway tunnel collapse
HANGZHOU, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) — Eight people have been confirmed dead in a collapsed subway tunnel here in China’s eastern Zhejiang Province after another body was recovered on Tuesday afternoon, a local official said. Four sniffer dogs and more than …
4 killed in China subway collapse
BEIJING, China (CNN) — A subway collapse in eastern China over the weekend killed at least four people and left 17 others missing, state-run media reported Monday. The search continues for the missing, who are believed to be trapped in …