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Post by dazbt on Sept 15, 2011 8:07:14 GMT -5
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Post by John on Sept 15, 2011 9:01:56 GMT -5
I see they are working 2ft 6" seam and the reporter says they have to work laying flat or kneeling down.....Must be midgets then ;D ;D I somehow don't think I could kneel down in 2ft 6"..
Kind of reminds us of some of the stories you related from your late Dad..
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Post by dazbt on Sept 15, 2011 11:05:36 GMT -5
I see they are working 2ft 6" seam and the reporter says they have to work laying flat or kneeling down.....Must be midgets then ;D ;D I somehow don't think I could kneel down in 2ft 6".. Kind of reminds us of some of the stories you related from your late Dad.. You or I might not be able to kneel in 30" now J, but I assure you that I, at my 6'1" tallest, (along with thousands of others in pits around here and elsewhere) could and did travel miles on my hands and knees in 30" seams in my prime, ............. I could almost run and jump in 36" ;D |
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Post by John on Sept 15, 2011 12:29:57 GMT -5
I see they are working 2ft 6" seam and the reporter says they have to work laying flat or kneeling down.....Must be midgets then ;D ;D I somehow don't think I could kneel down in 2ft 6".. Kind of reminds us of some of the stories you related from your late Dad.. You or I might not be able to kneel in 30" now J, but I assure you that I, at my 6'1" tallest, (along with thousands of others in pits around here and elsewhere) could and did travel miles on my hands and knees in 30" seams in my prime, ............. I could almost run and jump in 36" ;D I agree on the crawling bit, but it reads like they work kneeling, now at 5ft 6 tall, even I couldn't shovel kneeling in 2ft 6... ;D I just got a tape out to have a look, I've got back ache imagining shoveling in 2ft 6 ;D |
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Post by dazbt on Sept 15, 2011 13:09:13 GMT -5
You or I might not be able to kneel in 30" now J, but I assure you that I, at my 6'1" tallest, (along with thousands of others in pits around here and elsewhere) could and did travel miles on my hands and knees in 30" seams in my prime, ............. I could almost run and jump in 36" ;D I agree on the crawling bit, but it reads like they work kneeling, now at 5ft 6 tall, even I couldn't shovel kneeling in 2ft 6... ;D I just got a tape out to have a look, I've got back ache imagining shoveling in 2ft 6 ;D Oh .............. OK.  |
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Post by dazbt on Sept 15, 2011 13:34:52 GMT -5
update, video and audio report. It would seem to have been an inrush from older workings, the drift sounds as though it is a 1:4 to the dip. No contact with the four men believed to be trapped.
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Post by andyexplorer on Sept 15, 2011 16:46:52 GMT -5
One in four incline, two foot six head height !
Doesn't say much for these supposed air pockets that these lads are to rely on untill rescued
lets just hope they are ok
There is one good thing about it , there is no end of expertise doing all they can to get them out !
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Post by shropshirebloke on Sept 15, 2011 18:13:14 GMT -5
"good air supply", "egress full of water", "pumping out water so they can send in divers" - sounds to me like the Nigerian Olympic bobsleigh team are in charge  |
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Post by shropshirebloke on Sept 15, 2011 18:18:10 GMT -5
Meant to add: "egress" - the shafty type thing that the miner-type persons need to errr, escape through, to be met on the surface by their weeping "community" singing "Myfanwy".
Media = hypocritical dung (meant to say s**t but the profanity checker wouldn't let me)
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Post by dazbt on Sept 16, 2011 2:39:54 GMT -5
8.35 am 16-09-2011 Police statement that one body has been found but not recovered, three still missing.
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Post by John on Sept 16, 2011 6:11:56 GMT -5
From some of the lads on the Welsh site, the area is well known for water problems and old workings dating back pre map law days. So as Daz says, looks like an inrush from old workings.
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Post by John on Sept 16, 2011 17:56:41 GMT -5
Retaining wall?  Do they mean a barrier of coal left to prevent this sort of thing? ? Sounds like the reporter is making stuff up as he goes along getting everything cocked up... Sad, but predictable in an inrush...RIP lads... |
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Post by tonys on Sept 18, 2011 13:47:23 GMT -5
My heart goes out to all the families.
You went through hell, now be at peace in heaven at the side of god.
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Post by Mick on Sept 20, 2011 16:28:21 GMT -5
I see they are working 2ft 6" seam and the reporter says they have to work laying flat or kneeling down.....Must be midgets then ;D ;D I somehow don't think I could kneel down in 2ft 6".. Kind of reminds us of some of the stories you related from your late Dad.. When Gomersal shut we were working 27ins seams in the blocking bed,and filling 16yards that was in 1973. When i went to Wheldale i could run up the face. Mick. |
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Post by Clive on Oct 5, 2011 4:51:40 GMT -5
would have sold me granny foe 2'6" and we could have had a footy match in that height at bait time ;D
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Post by dazbt on Oct 18, 2011 6:13:00 GMT -5
news flash @ 12.05 pm,
"Manager has been arrested"
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Post by dazbt on Oct 18, 2011 8:30:46 GMT -5
news flash @ 12.05 pm, "Manager has been arrested"
Police say they have completed their examination of the scene and the mine is now closed and under the control of the Coal Authority.
Floodwater engulfed a tunnel where the men were working together on the morning of September 15.
Four people died and three others escaped the drift mine.
Officers are working with the Health and Safety Executive to investigate the circumstances surrounding the deaths.
Detective Chief Inspector Dorian Lloyd said: "The arrest follows consultation between the South Wales Police, Health and Safety Executive and the Crown Prosecution Service to review the evidence gathered to date."uk.news.yahoo.com/sky-sources-mine-boss-held-four-deaths-111443010.html |
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Do they mean a barrier of coal left to prevent this sort of thing?