FALL OF ROCK
MEN IMPRISONED IN MINE. (by Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association). LONDON, November 4. Ten men, nine of whom are married, are entombed in Croft’s iron mine, Bigrigg, Cumberland, owing to a fall of rock. Two others escaped uninjured. Rescuers, frenziedly cutting towards those entombed in the mine, were rewarded by hearing voices say: “We are here and uninjured.” It is anticipated they will be released to-night. Later. The men were released from Croft’s mine after thirty hours. All were cheerful. They said that after they found the exits choked by a fall from the roof, they fired detonators to attract attention. Though prospects wer black, they exchanged jokes about politics and football.
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Southland Times, Issue 19394, 7 November 1924, Page 5
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117FALL OF ROCK Southland Times, Issue 19394, 7 November 1924, Page 5
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