The Porter Tunnel mine disaster occurred on March 1, 1977, near Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Related photos appeared in editions of the Evening Herald, Pottsville, on subsequent dates.
Second-shift workers alight from mine cars at 11:30 P.M. after hours of labor removing timber, mud, rock, coal and debris from the water-logged mine.
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From Newspapers.com.
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