Hopes fade in mine rescue 1

RESCUE workers said last night that they had found no sign of life in the Austrian mine where 10 men have been trapped for 16 days. A camera lowered down a rescue tunnel to a cavern 430ft below the surface showed no sign of the nine miners and one geologist, and a microphone registered no sound. But...

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Published inThe Guardian (London)
Main Author KATE CONNOLLY IN LASSING
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London (UK) Guardian News & Media Limited 03.08.1998
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Summary:RESCUE workers said last night that they had found no sign of life in the Austrian mine where 10 men have been trapped for 16 days. A camera lowered down a rescue tunnel to a cavern 430ft below the surface showed no sign of the nine miners and one geologist, and a microphone registered no sound. But the rescue team said they had not given up hope and would send down the camera again in the night with stronger lights to establish for certain whether any of the men might be alive.
ISSN:0261-3077