IN THAMES MUD
DIVER’S REMARKABLE ESCAPE. (Umt«d PrEse ABioei avion—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) LONDON, June 19. An unusual' drama was enacted on the bed of the River Thames at Dagenham, where a jetty is being constructed. For seven hours a diver was imprisoned beneath fifteen feet of mud. The life-lines were passing the jagged edges of a Steel cylinder weighing one hundred tons which was being sunk in the mud to provide foundations. The diver descended to ascertain what was preventing the cylinder from sinking. Shortly afterwards 'the cylinder sank abruptly. There was sinmltanously a sharp tug on the diver’s safety rope. Those above realised then that the diver had been sucked down and buried in the mud. Other divers descended, and they worked continuously to locate tliij/ir comrade. After seven hours, he was released and brought to the surface. He was still conscious, and his face wa swollen and red. Ho explained the greatest trouble was the pressure of the mud upon bis body.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 June 1931, Page 3
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