Pennsylvania has the largest inventory of abandoned mines. Millions of homes and buildings sit on top of them.

Rescue workers search through the night in a sinkhole for Elizabeth Pollard, who disappeared while looking for her cat, in Marguerite, Pa., Tuesday ... in an area above an old coal mine. The ...

UNITY TOWNSHIP, Pa ... year-old woman, Elizabeth Pollard, who fell through a sinkhole in Unity Township has been found.

A Pa. court will decide ... get lost in underground tunnels or perish from poisonous gases present in many old coal mines. Mine shafts can extend hundreds of feet beneath the surface and often ...

UNITY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) — The body of Elizabeth Pollard ... "We were made of several old coal mining towns and of course, Marguerite is one of them. And when people suffer, we all suffer.

Digging crews resumed work early Thursday in the effort to locate a woman who authorities fear died after falling into a sinkhole above an abandoned Pennsylvania coal mine. Fewer than a dozen ...

Rescuers contemplated the safest way Wednesday to search for a woman who apparently fell into a Pennsylvania sinkhole while ...

UNITY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) - At least another full day ... state police said the rescue effort for 64-year-old Elizabeth ...

The sinkhole was found in Marguerite, an unincorporated old coal mining community in Unity Township, Pa., about 40 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. It can be common for sinkholes to open up because ...

At about the same time, a sinkhole appeared roughly 20 feet (6 meters) from where she had parked her car, in an area above an old coal mine. The granddaughter was found safe inside the car hours ...

UNITY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Rescuers contemplated the safest way Wednesday to search for a woman who apparently fell into a ...

Pa. (AP) — Rescuers contemplated the safest way Wednesday to search for a woman who apparently fell into a Pennsylvania sinkhole while looking for her lost cat, saying a crumbling old coal mine ...