COLLAPSE OF A CLAY PIT.
KKSCI’ED AFTER ELEVEN AND A HALE HAYS. TAELS, Jan. 24. The collapse of a clay-pit at Vinesvillc, Normandy, entombed two men. The rescuers lowered sixteen loaves, a quantity of soup, fifty quarts of cider, and some tobacco. Then a second collajise occurred, cutting off communication. The resellers worked day and night for eleven and a hall days. The shaft collapsed four times. Eventually the men were rescued.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 946, 26 January 1911, Page 3
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72COLLAPSE OF A CLAY PIT. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 946, 26 January 1911, Page 3
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