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- ↑ (in Romanian) "Minerii de la Lupeni au comemorat 90 de ani de la cea mai mare catastrofă minieră din Valea Jiului, în care au murit 82 de oameni", Mediafax, April 27, 2012
- ↑ Associated Press, "Hundred Are Killed in Transylvania Explosion", San Bernardino Daily Sun, San Bernardino, California, Monday 1 May 1922, Volume L, Number 63, page 1.
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