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326-IM-0060-0012
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Honsoeda Coal Mine Death Pit
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- 1958-07-05 (Creation)
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The Times of Ceylon Press
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Pan-Asia Photos
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A Japanese coal miner who had been trapped in a flooded shaft at the Honsoeda coal mine in Fukuoka Prefecture, Southern Japan is carried out after a 71-hour ordeal in a cold flooded pit. He and 21 other miners were rescued alive. Three miners ere found dead. The 25 miners were virtually given up for dead after a sudden gush of water submerged the pits on June 27th. But after 71 hours on June 30th, 22 of the 25 trapped miners were rescued. This was the first time that miners had been rescued after being trapped for more than three days.
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- The Times of Ceylon Press (Creator)
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May 26, 2015 11:23 PM