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Building collapse kills 11 China rail workers

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Building collapse kills 11 China rail workers
Posted by aegrotatio on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 9:42 AM

Building collapse kills 11 China rail workers: state media

These workers are building a 150-mph rail line between Shanghai and Jiangsu.

 

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Posted by Paul_D_North_Jr on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:44 AM

Not really a rail-related incident.  It's just that while working on or for the rail line, they were living in the building - a former factory - that produced alumnium powder - which is what ignited / exploded somehow.

"This Fascinating Railroad Business" (title of 1943 book by Robert Selph Henry of the AAR)

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