The World - News from June 12, 1988
Search teams found the body of the last man missing after an explosion in a coal mine in Borken, West Germany, bringing the total number of confirmed dead to 51, officials said. On June 1, a powerful methane gas explosion ripped through the Stolzenbach mine in Borken, located about 70 miles northeast of Frankfurt. A total of 57 men were trapped in the mine after the blast, which was West Germany’s worst mine accident in 26 years. Six miners were rescued June 4 after spending 65 hours trapped 500 feet underground.
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