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...takes its name. It is one of the most densely settled areas of Logan County, with a dozen coal mines and more than 10% of the population. Not much wider than a football field at some points, the hollow forms a natural funnel from the dam to the Guyandot River 17 miles away. Often, a heavy rainfall is enough to flood the valley's 16 mining towns, many of which border right on Buffalo Creek...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEST VIRGINIA: Disaster in the Hollow | 3/13/1972 | See Source »

...places, lifted buildings, cars and trees and hurled them downstream. A frame church was seen riding the flood's crest like a flagship, before being battered to splinters. In one community the only building left standing was the company store. Several bodies were later found floating in the Guyandot some 20 miles downstream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEST VIRGINIA: Disaster in the Hollow | 3/13/1972 | See Source »

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