Sad news, this. Perhaps people's hopes had been artificially raised by the Chilean miners' luck.
Greymouth has a long-standing history in Rugby League and there were players among the lost.
Greymouth Miners
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, Nov 24 2010 10:06 AM
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Posted 24 November 2010 - 10:06 AM
"Journalists are meant to be neutral, for God's sake." - Stephen 'Wiggy' Jones
"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore
"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes
"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore
"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes
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Posted 24 November 2010 - 10:13 AM
Yes, it serves as a reminder of what a dangerous occupation mining is.
I can still remember hearing about the Markham disaster in 1973 and the cold fear in my stomach as a 12 year old that people I knew would be dead. Indeed, one of the dead, Joseph Birkin, was a friend of the family. My dad was part of the investigation team and some of the details that he shared with me haunt me to this day.
I can still remember hearing about the Markham disaster in 1973 and the cold fear in my stomach as a 12 year old that people I knew would be dead. Indeed, one of the dead, Joseph Birkin, was a friend of the family. My dad was part of the investigation team and some of the details that he shared with me haunt me to this day.
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Posted 24 November 2010 - 10:17 AM
As L'angelo rightly reminds us from time to time - mining is an occupation nobody should have to do.
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Posted 24 November 2010 - 11:56 PM
It's a terrible tragedy.
To recover the bodies, the explosive atmosphere in the mine has to be rendered safe, ie flooding it with nitrogen or CO2 or similar.
If there was one survivor left, the lack of oxygen that would cause would be fatal..
Very sad day.
To recover the bodies, the explosive atmosphere in the mine has to be rendered safe, ie flooding it with nitrogen or CO2 or similar.
If there was one survivor left, the lack of oxygen that would cause would be fatal..
Very sad day.
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Posted 25 November 2010 - 01:06 PM
Terrible, terrible tragedy. This is no work for anyone anywhere, especially when there is the technology available to produce energy in other ways. Just hope that these guys are not forgotten.
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