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/ 23 November 2006
The toll in one of Europe’s deadliest mining accidents for years rose to 22 on Thursday, as rescue workers at a southern Polish pit discovered more bodies and hopes faded of finding the remaining missing miner alive. Rescuers who have been battling hellish conditions at the Halemba mine at Ruda Slaska in Poland’s Silesian coalbelt since a methane gas blast on Tuesday found 16 more bodies.