IN A LIVING TOMB.
Remarkable Feat by a Diver. Perth, March 23. The name of the man entombed in the Westralia East mine is Varischetti. In order to reach him, the divers had to make their way down the shaft from the 900 ft level, through water, down aladderway, to the loooft level. Then it was necessary to. wade a distance of 300 ft along the 1000 ft level, then to ascend 30ft up a rise, at the top of which Varischetti is imprisoned, the compressed air acting as in a diving bell, and keeping him from being drowned. Hughes, a miner, who is used to diving, volunteered to assist the divers who were brought to do the work. Hughes, in his third attempt, succeeded in reaching Varischetti, after a hard struggle, the rise being almost blocked with mud. Varischetti was intensely surprised when the diver emerged from the water below. Water and food were supplied to him. An attempt will be made to get Varischetti out in a diving dress.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3762, 26 March 1907, Page 3
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171IN A LIVING TOMB. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3762, 26 March 1907, Page 3
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