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Bodies of trapped workers recovered from Pontiki coal tipple collapse

BY RACHEL DOVE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PILGRIM — Martin County Judge Executive, Lon Lafferty, announced late Friday afternoon that the body of Alvin Nees, 57, had been successfully recovered from beneath tons of steel and concrete that resulted from a coal tipple collapse at the former Pontiki preparation plant on Wolf Creek in Pilgrim Oct. 31.…
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Bodies recovered, Lexington Coal, Pilgrim, Pontiki, Pontiki Preparation Plant, Pontiki tipple, Rachel Dove

November 8, 2023