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AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- A second huge blast in a New Zealandcoal mine would have killed any survivors of the initial explosion, the authorities said on Wednesday. The police informed the families of 29 miners in the Pike River mine who had not been heard from since Friday's initial explosion that nobody could have survived the second blast, which happened Wednesday afternoon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- A second huge blast in a New Zealand coal mine on Wednesday would have killed any miners who may have survived an explosion days earlier, the authorities said. The police informed the families of 29 miners in the Pike River mine who had not been heard from since Friday's initial explosion that nobody could have survived. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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