Does anyone have any photos from this event? My mom's family lost their home. History for those that don't know:
In 1942, coal waste had piled up hundreds of feet high in Oakwood Virginia. Thunderstorms saturated the area, pouring rain onto the large pile, loosening the packed material.
On July 21st, the coal waste came down in a landslide, killing 8 people. One had tried to outrun the slide, and would have made it. However he fell into a creek swollen by the storms, and drowned.
This is considered the largest coal heap disaster in the United States, although 25 people have died in the last 50 years in coal heap accidents in Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky.