Missing worker found dead after roof collapse deep underground at Queensland coalmine

Emergency team were unable to save man trapped in the Curragh mine following the collapse on Friday

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Searchers have found a missing Queensland coalmine worker dead a day after he became trapped in a roof collapse.

The man was inside the Curragh mine in central Queensland when the collapse happened about 3pm on Friday. There were fears he was as deep as 1km underground.