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Videos & Documentaries, Sep 16th, 2011,
Of the four miners trapped 300 feet (100 meters) down in a flooded coal mine in Wales, UK since yesterday, one has been reported dead. The three remaining miners are still caught behind a water and debris inside the Gleision Colliery in Wales’ Swansea Valley. So far rescue efforts by divers, aided by fire fighters and other emergency services, have been unsuccessful. South Wales Police officers, along with fire and ambulance crews, are called to the colliery after four people were trapped. Seven people were initially in the mine at the time, three of them got out – with…
Tags: coal mine, miners, rescue efforts, trapped, Wales
Science & Technology, Sep 15th, 2011,
Four miners are trapped in a flooded coal mine in Gleision, near Swansea in Wales, UK. A local councillor from Wales is quoted in the Guardian: This is the first mining disaster I have known for many years. There are not many collieries left like there used to be. However, it is a very worrying situation and it has shocked a lot of people. Though such an incident may grab headlines in the UK, coal mining accidents and deaths are a frequent occurrence in China, though mining-related deaths have fallen in that country in recent years. From China Daily: According to earlier…
Tags: coal, coal mine, Gleision, miners, trapped, Wales
Natural disasters, Politics, Apr 5th, 2010,
On March 28, 153 coal miners were trapped in the Wangjialing mine in Shanxi Province, northern China when the mine was suddenly flooded with water. More than one week later an amazing rescue is taking place. According to a CNN report, so far rescue workers have managed to save 115 miners. Two hundred people, as part of 50 rescue groups, were working around-the-clock to drain water, monitor gas and pull out miners, said Wang Jun, governor of Shanxi province where the mine is situated. On average, seven miners die every day in China, where safety levels are improving, yet still…
Tags: China, coal, disaster, flooded, mine, miners, miracle, rescue, Shanxi, Wangjialing
