Rescuers seek last bodies in South Africa mine where 78 died in police siege
By Siyabonga Sishi and Nellie Peyton STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) - South African rescuers were making final efforts on Thursday to ascertain whether anyone was left in an illegal gold mine deep underground where at least 78 people died during a police siege,
Rescuers try to free men trapped in South African gold mine with scores reported dead
The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, where at least 109 men have died, a group representing the miners said, after local authorities cut off vital supplies in a dramatic bid to crack down on the country’s illegal mining trade.
South African rescuers pull survivors and dead bodies from illegal gold mine
At least 100 illegal miners have died and more than 400 remain trapped underground after a months-long standoff with police, rights groups say.View on euronews
Rescuers and volunteers pull more bodies of dead workers from abandoned gold mine in South Africa
Rescuers continued retrieving bodies Wednesday from an abandoned South African gold mine with hundreds more still believed to be underground, many of them dead and others too weak to come out on their own.
South Africa mine rescue ends, anger rises over 78 deaths in police siege
By Nellie Peyton and Xolani Nhlapo STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) -South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people died during a police siege,
Rescuers bring out survivors and dead from a South African mine as hundreds remain deep underground
Authorities launched an operation in November to force the illegally operating miners out by cutting off food and water from the surface for a time. Hundreds are thought to remain underground.
Rescuers in southwestern Pakistan recover the bodies of 11 workers who died in a coal mine blast
Officials in Pakistan say rescuers have recovered the bodies of 11 coal miners who died last week after a methane gas explosion caused a coal mine to collapse in the country's southwest.
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19-year-old boogie boarder vanishes in dark off Oregon. Then rescuers hear cry for help
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Rescuers save brothers stranded for nearly a week in rugged Mendocino National Forest
The brothers, who had been reported missing, were last seen Jan. 6 when their Toyota Rav4 got stuck at a low-water crossing.
Items belonging to second British hiker missing in Italy found, rescuers say
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Three boys — ages 8, 9 and 10 — get trapped in drainage system, Texas rescuers say
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Now, though, retired from his 32-year stint as a first responder for Palm Beach County, the father of two grown children is ...
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S.Africa rescuers say clearance of clandestine miners now over
Rescuers racing to clear a disused South African gold shaft of illegal miners said on Thursday a final sweep appeared to show ...