A DIFFICULT RESCUE
ELEVEN. DAYS. UNDERGROUND. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrlztt. Paris, January 24. . The collapse of a clay pit at Vihesville, in Normundy, entombed two. men-. Rescuers lowered sixteen loaves, some soup, fifty-quarts,of cider, and tobacco. Then a second 'collapse occurred, .-cutting oft', communication. ' The rescuers worked day and night for eleven and a half days. The, shaft col-, lapsed four times. . ■ ' Eventually the men were rescued.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1035, 26 January 1911, Page 5
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66A DIFFICULT RESCUE Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1035, 26 January 1911, Page 5
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