COLLAPSE OF A CLAY PIT
ME?,' ENTOMBED FOR :i DAYS
PERSISTENT AND SUCCESSFUL, RESCUE.
Press Association.—Copyright,
(Received Jan. 25, 9:30 a.m.)
PARIS. Tuesday
The collapse of a clay pit at Vinesville, Normandy, entombed two men. The. rescuers lowered sixteen loaves, soup, fifty quarts of cider, and tobacco. Then a second collapse occurred, cutting off communication. The rescuers worked day and night for 11% days, and the shaft they were making collapsed four times, but eventually the entombed men vv'ere rescued.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 25 January 1911, Page 5
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80COLLAPSE OF A CLAY PIT Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 25 January 1911, Page 5
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