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Twelve Miners Rescued After Week Under Ground
A relief rush followed the discovery of 12 miners trapped in a mine for a week. Rescue crews dug through 60 feet of rubble and fed coffee laced with sugar and vitamins through an air pipe. One by one the men surfaced, joined by others later, bringing total saved to 93 with 26 bodies recovered from 174 men underground.
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Gorley Kempt
Guthro
Kempt
Percy Weatherbee
Holloway
Brine
Leadbetter
Hunter
Rushton
Milley
Michniak
Maddison
Lowther
McDonald
Gorley