Throne Recalls 52 Days Beneath Hazardous Mine Collapse
In Hazleton Pennsylvania the ordeal is recounted by Hank Throne and Davey as they describe being trapped deeper than 300 feet with only a helmet light, no fresh air, and dwindling supplies. They recall hallucinations, cold, climbs over debris, and a desperate search for a way out during a prolonged cave‑in.
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Associated Press
Hazleton, Pa
Davey
David Fellin
Louis Bova
Louis
Alg
Throne
Bova
Hunger, Hope and Haunting Echoes From a Mine
An underground tale recounts six days of crawling in a mine as hunger, thirst, and fear mount. The narrator recalls a scarce meal, bitter sulphur water, and a stranger call from above before a mysterious disappearance. Prayer and willpower kept them going despite numb feet and back pain. Louis vanished after signaling once.
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Hank
Louis
Davey
Divorce action filed between Eartha Kitt and husband
Santa Monica California UPD reports singer Eartha Kitt and real estate investor William O McDonald are in divorce proceedings. The suit alleges mental cruelty by the husband, a Caucasian. The couple wed June 1 1960 and have a 21 month old daughter named Kitt.
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Santa Monica
Calif
UPD
Eartha Kitt
William 0. McDonald
Kitt
Drillers Follow Fellin Map In Renewed Digging For Bova
In Sheppton Pennsylvania UPI reports from a hospital bed David Fellin drew a map used for renewed drilling to reach Louis Bova buried since the August cave in. Throne and Fellin, rescued days earlier, hope Bova may still be alive as drills probe down toward his chamber and microphones await any signs of life.
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Louis Bova
Bova
Henry Throne
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Ira Mills
Charmbury
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