Buffalo Creek Disaster Memorial Held

{Man, West Virginia}...On February 26, 1972, the Pittston Coal Co.'s dam system failed, sending 130 million gallons of water, sludge and debris through Buffalo Creek Hollow in Logan County. All told, 125 people were killed, 1,000 more were injured and 4,000 were left homeless. Saturday, survivors gathered at Man High School to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the disaster. Buffalo Creek Memorial organizer Billy Jack Dickerson read the names of those who died in the 1972 Buffalo Creek disaster, including Jesse Gunnells, age 1.