[DOC] [TLE] Buffalo Creek flood - Wikipedia [PAR] The Buffalo Creek flood was a disaster 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 ... Dam #3 was approximately 260 feet 
above the town of Saunders when it... [DOC] [TLE] Buffalo Creek Disaster (1972) | Green Criminology [PAR] Oct 14, 2012 ... In late February 1972 a coal waste impoundment dam along the Buffalo Creek in 
Logan County, West Virginia collapsed. ... While Pittson Coal avoided criminal 
charges, three civil lawsuits filed by the flood survivors were successful. ... In 
1965, Lorado Coal sold the Buffalo Creek mine to the Buffalo Mining... [DOC] [TLE] Dam collapses in West Virginia - Feb 26, 1972 - HISTORY.com [PAR] A dam collapses in West Virginia on this day in 1972, flooding a valley and killing 
118 ... Creek Valley, tailings from area coal mines were used to dam Buffalo 
Creek. ... About 4,000 people were living in 17 towns and villages in Buffalo 
Creek .... Under the command of Captain James Gallagher, and featuring a crew 
of 14... [DOC] [TLE] Exhibit - Council of the Southern Mountains 1970-1989 Online ... [PAR] Apr 29, 2016 ... Many CSM members were active in organizations like the Black ... to clean up 
state welfare programs violating federal regulations, and ... The slag pile used as 
a dam broke and flooded the Buffalo Creek community and several towns further 
down the creek in Logan County, West Virginia, in February 1972. [DOC] [TLE] United States | Epic Disasters [PAR] Patrick Sherrill, an angry postal worker, killed 14 at the post office before killing 
himself. 5. Austin ... 8  14, 1871. More than 1,500 lives were lost and 3.8 million 
acres burned. ... A bale of hay accidentally ignites, setting the coal mine on fire. ... 
26, 1972. Death Toll: 118. Slag pile dam collapses under torrential rains. 10. [DOC] [TLE] View the complete essay - Library of Congress [PAR] Cherry Pond, Kayford, Guyandotte, and Coal River mountains where the ... stage 
of the struggle is also inscribed in the terrains of state and federal ..... cannel coal 
companies mine thousands of acres on Drawdy Creek around Peytona. 15 ... 
1851  A flood destroys the system of locks and dams on Coal River. .... Page 14
... [DOC] [TLE] An Inquiry into Personal Accountability and Institutional Legitimacy [PAR] Dec 15, 1991 ... dred thirty million gallons of sludge and water burst from an earthen ... He 
developed the business ethics course at Michigan State with ..... at Pittston's 
Clinchfield Coal Company mine in Dola, West Virginia, ... of any stream or the 
impoundment of water by refuse-pile dams." .... rains'and rising flood waters. [DOC] [TLE] "Tailings Dam Failures 1915 - 2014" Micorsoft EXCEL Spreadsheet [PAR] Tailings Facility Failures in 2013/2014, Caldwell, 4Nov14 ... 8, 2, Obed Mountain 
Coal Mine Alberta, Canada, Coal, 1A-, 1, 2013, 31/Oct/13, 670,000, WISE, 
Sherritt ... The dam was impounding mine tailings that were partially covered by 
water forming a tailings pond. ... 8 square kilometres flooded, including several 
towns. [DOC] [TLE] Geological and Geomorphological Problems Caused ... - De Gruyter [PAR] in the Harz and Ore Mountains, near the mining towns ... smelters and foundries, 
slag piles, traces of coal burning, dams of ... or water drained from mines was 
captured by artificial em- ... The dams were ... Miskolc), because of frequent 
collapses. ..... Figure 14. Material removal during the construction of the Chep 
Lap. [DOC] [TLE] Beckley Post-Herald from Beckley, West Virginia  Page 7 [PAR] February 29, 1972 ... The mother and son were victims of the Buffalo Creek flood 
disaster Saturday. ... Helicopters found 14 more in jured persons Monday morninj 
and flew them ... of Engineers into the flood caused 1 by a break in an earthen 
dam in Buffalo ... Hechler said if the sludge and slag from

Question: In 1972 14 towns were flooded when a coal mine's slag-pile dam collapsed in this mountain state
Answer: West Virginia