Trapped Australian miners found alive
Sunday, April 30, 2006 Two miners trapped since Tuesday in the Beaconsfield Mine in Tasmania, Australia, have reportedly been found alive by rescuers. Todd Russell and Brandt Webb were trapped by a rockfall caused by a minor earthquake on Tuesday night. Hopes for their survival had faded after the body of a fellow trapped miner, Larry Knight, was discovered on Thursday.
According to the mine's owners, the men are located in the mine where they were last seen, over 900m below the surface. Rescuers are communicating with, but still unable to free, the trapped men, and will be supplying them with food and water. It could be up to 48 hours before the men are extracted from the mine.
Sources
edit- ABC News Online. "Beaconsfield miners found alive" — ABC News Online, April 30, 2006
- News.com.au. "Trapped miners 'are alive'" — News.com.au, April 30, 2006
- The Australian. "Miners ask rescuers for food." — News.com.au, April 30, 2006
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