Tas: Miners alive, and apparently unharmed

AAP General News (Australia)
04-30-2006
Tas: Miners alive, and apparently unharmed

The two miners discovered alive after being trapped underground in a Tasmanian mine
for five days are apparently unharmed .. after being protected by a cage they were in.

It's believed the men were protected from the rockfall by a cherry picker cage.

35-year-old TODD RUSSELL and 36-year-old BRANT WEBB were located alive before 7pm (AEST)
today .. after a rockfall on Tuesday night at the Beaconsfield gold mine .. near Launceston.

Mr WEBB'S mother-in-law JULIE KELLY says rescuers have heard the two men speaking ..

but not clearly.

He says the pair just want the rescuers to hurry up.

Police say they haven't been given a timeline for their rescue.

Their workmate .. 44-year-old LARRY KNIGHT .. was killed in the accident .. caused
by an earthquake.

His body was retrieved on Thursday.

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KEYWORD: MINE UNHARMED (BEACONSFIELD)

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