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The disaster itself was called the Big Bump because it was the most severe bump in North American mining history. It was the first major international event to appear in live television broadcasts. The No. 2 colliery was one of the deepest coal mines in the world. Of the 174 miners in No. 2 colliery at the time of the bump, 74 were killed and 100 survived.
"I felt three distinct shock waves like a stick of bombs being dropped from a fighter bomber, exploding just fractions of a second apart....