The Buffalo Creek Disaster
February 24, 2010 by Matt Hughes
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Damage From the Buffalo Creek Disaster (Courtesy of wvculture.org)
February 26th, 1972 – The Buffalo Creek disaster occurred in the Buffalo Creek Hollow of Logan County in West Virginia. A coal slag dam on the Middle Fork of Buffalo Creek burst sending a fifty foot wall of water down a narrow valley killing 125 persons and causing 51 million dollars damage. Three days of rain atop a six inches snow cover prompted the dam break. (David Ludlum)
