COLLAPSE OF CLAY PIT
TWO MEN ENTOMBED
RESCUED AT.TVtt AFTER- ELEVEN AND A HALF DATS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. PARIS, January 31. Tho collapse of a clay pit at Yinesviile, in Normandy, entombed two men. Rescuers lowered sixteen loaves, some soup, fifty quarts of cider, and tobacco. Then a second collapse occurred, cutting oil communication. The rescuers worked day and night for eleven and a half days. The shaft collapsed four times. Eventually the men were rescued.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7346, 26 January 1911, Page 7
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76COLLAPSE OF CLAY PIT New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7346, 26 January 1911, Page 7
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