MINERS TRAPPED
LONDON, September 26
Rescue teams are toiling in an effort to reach three miners trapped in the Thornley colliery, in the county of Durham, as a result of a heavy fall of the roof. . Following a period of silence, Vvhich led to fears for the men’s safety, the rescuers heard the trapped miners shouting this afternoon that they were all right, and had satisfactory ventilation.
The rescue squads expect to reach them to-morrow morning. By then they will have been imprisoned for at least 24 hours.
Three men were drowned at the Thornley colliery in May by an inrush of water.
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Grey River Argus, 28 September 1949, Page 5
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