A classic book on this harrowing subject, the re-telling of the Buffalo Creek flood in 1972 is wrenching and heart-breaking, also an indictment of a coal company that could have, and should have, provided safeguards against the very thing that caused this disaster in the first place, . an unstable sediment dam that burst and wiped out over one hundred.
The Buffalo Creek Disaster book. The story of an atrocious disaster and the response of the devastated survivors. This one should be a valuable lesson to those who feel trade unions are not needed in this country, or just for readers who think lawyers are bad people.
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Mostly the data of the books and covers were damaged so many books are not . Gerald M. Stern Instead of accepting the small settlements offered by the coal company's insurance offices, a few hundred of the survivors banded together to sue.
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 . Instead of accepting the small settlements offered by the coal company's insurance offices, a few hundred of the survivors banded together to sue.
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. 125 people were killed instantly, more than 1,000 were injured, and over 4,000 were suddenly homeless.
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. by Gerald M. The real practice of law requires vision and courage, which this book amply illustrates.