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watch One-Minute World News Last Updated: Wednesday, 4 January
2006, 13:19 GMT How did the mine message spread? Relatives of
trapped US miners react to the news of their rescue  Various
accounts have started to emerge of the communications failings
which led families of 11 US miners found dead to believe their
loved ones were alive.  Relatives say the devastating news that
only one of the West Virginia miners had survived came about
three hours after they had been told 12 were alive.  The mining
company said it knew within 20 minutes that initial reports of
12 survivors were incorrect, but said it was not clear at that
stage how many were dead.  Inquiries are under way to find out
how the wrong information was given out, as investigators await
rescuers' accounts.  The tragedy raises two key questions: was
the rescue team misunderstood or wrong, and why did it take so
long for the families to be told?   Families say they were told
by a company forema