William Joe Arden died attempting to save fellow workmen from suffocation, Dante, Virginia, April 4, 1978. In a coal mine tunnel, three men were overcome by lack of oxygen. Arden, 25, machine operator, entered the tunnel to give aid but, before reaching any of the unconscious men, was overcome. One of the three men was removed from the tunnel and revived; but Arden and the others died. 57180-6438
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