New Zealand mine: 'No survivors' after second blast

[malaise]

All 29 miners declared dead.

One day we'll realize that rescues like Chile are few and far between.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11662533
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All 29 miners trapped in a New Zealand coal pit since Friday are believed to be dead after a second explosion.

Police Supt Gary Knowles said there was no hope that anyone could have survived the "massive" underground blast at the Pike River mine on South Island.

Prime Minister John Key said the loss of life was a national tragedy.

There had been no contact with the men - 24 New Zealanders, two Australians, two Britons and a South African - since the first explosion on Friday.
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It's amazing what the poor of this planet do to feed their families.

[hermetic]

1. Blood and bone is the price

of coal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snZNPhg68d

In the town of Springhill, Nova Scotia
Deep in the heart of the Cumberland mine
There's blood on the coal and the miners lie
In roads that never saw sun or sky
In roads that never saw sun or sky

Down at the coal face the miners work it
Rattle of the belt and the cutting blade
Rumble of rock and walls close round
Living and the dead men two miles down
Living and the dead men two miles down

12 men lay 2 miles from the pit shaft
List'nin' for the drillin' of a rescue team
600 feet of coal and slag
Hope imprisoned in a 3 foot seam
Hope imprisoned in a 3 foot seam

8 days pass and some are rescued
Leaving the dead to lie alone
All their lives they dug their graves
2 miles of earth for a marking stone
2 miles of earth for a marking stone.

In the town of Springhill you don't sleep easy
Often the earth will tremble and roar
When the earth is restless, miners die
Blood and bone is the price of coal
Blood and bone is the price of coal....

:cry:

[malaise]

2. Too true

It's very sad