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Gleision Colliery accident 15/09/2011
Posted: 15/09/2011 12:34:16 Reply | Quote http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-14933069 BBC News wrote: Emergency crews have been called to an incident at a small mine in the Swansea Valley. South Wales Police and Mid and West Wales Fire Service are at the Gleision Colliery, near Cilybebyll, Pontardawe. -- You no worry about saftey. It no cause explosion yet. IP: 81.130.97.30 Edited: 16/09/2011 18:38:44 by (moderator) |
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South Wales colliery miners trapped
Posted: 15/09/2011 13:00:02 Reply | Quote Some information on the colliery: http://www.minersadvice.co.uk/gleision.htm This is South Wales has the following: The cause of the incident is yet to be determined. South Wales Police and Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service are at the scene. The small drift mine is under a steep hillside and is tricky to get to. The Post understands that nine miners are trapped, and that there may have been what has been described as an in-rush of water in the mine. An 'Urbex' report on the mine, with some photographs: http://www.urbexforums.co.uk/showthread.php/1692-Gleison-Licensed-Mine-Glamorgan-May-08 -- Filling space until a new signature comes along... IP: 81.130.97.30 Edited: 15/09/2011 16:45:48 by Vanoord |
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South Wales colliery miners trapped
Posted: 15/09/2011 16:54:32 Reply | Quote Some nice pics of underground there  -- 'having a spiffing adventure underground!' IP: 86.181.31.205 |
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South Wales colliery miners trapped
Posted: 15/09/2011 17:03:08 Reply | Quote BBC update: A major rescue operation is continuing after four miners became trapped by water in a small mine in the Swansea Valley. About 50 rescuers are trying to free them from a ventilation shaft at Gleision Colliery near Cilybebyll, Pontardawe. Two men escaped, and a third was taken to hospital. No details have been released about his condition. Police said water had to be drained from the mine. The Mines Rescue Team leader Andrew Watson said no contact has yet been made with the miners, who were trapped by water after they broke into an area of old mine workings. We are dealing with a difficult rescue operation but we are doing everything possible” Rescuers have taken in lights and pumps and are trying to work out how much water is there and whether it is getting deeper in the mine, which is near the River Tawe. They are said to know where the miners were working but they do not know where they are now. Supt Phil Davies said though there was water in the mine, there was nothing preventing access. "There is not a blockage issue in the mine, it is a water issue which we are currently trying to drain," he said. "We are dealing with a difficult rescue operation but we are doing everything possible." He said it was too early to say what had caused the incident. "It's a very difficult circumstances for everybody, in particular the family and friends of those who are trapped," he added. "The situation is changing on a regular basis." Emergency services were called to the mine at 09:21 BST. One miner who was rescued is in Morriston Hospital, Swansea, but his condition is not known. -- Filling space until a new signature comes along... IP: 81.130.97.30 |
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South Wales colliery miners trapped
Posted: 15/09/2011 18:08:00 Reply | Quote Further details: A major operation to rescue four men is being hampered by water getting into the drift man where they are trapped. Rescuers are focusing efforts on trying to pump water from Gleision Colliery near Cilybebyll, Pontardawe in the Swansea Valley. No contact has been made with the miners, who became trapped by water after breaking into old mine workings. Two men escaped and a third is at Morriston Hospital in a critical condition. Neath MP Peter Hain said he understood that rescuers were using a parallel tunnel to pump oxygen into the mine while also attempting to pump water out. Contact has still not been made with the trapped men but "minute by minute efforts were being made," said Mr Hain. Andrew Watson, who runs the Mines Rescue Service and is co-ordinating the rescue, said it was believed the water levels were starting to recede. He said: "The most essential bit of kit we've got is long-duration breathing apparatus and access to pumps which will remove the water out of the mine. "The key with the breathing apparatus is to get people into the mine and getting information back to the surface so we can concentrate our efforts." He said the amount of water in the mine was "unknown". "We don't know the source of the water, all we know is the water is there and we need to remove it," he added. -- Filling space until a new signature comes along... IP: 81.130.97.30 |
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South Wales colliery miners trapped
Posted: 15/09/2011 23:04:53 Reply | Quote Best coverage on Sky News ! IP: 81.109.226.72 |
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South Wales colliery miners trapped
Posted: 15/09/2011 23:13:39 Reply | Quote Those very pictures being used by sky news i hope the guy who sold them to them is the owner of the pictures ! and i see they are now on the front of some news papers ! IP: 81.109.226.72 Edited: 15/09/2011 23:27:51 by Aditaddict |
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South Wales colliery miners trapped
Posted: 16/09/2011 08:40:35 Reply | Quote Breaking ! One body found ,Not recovered ! Sad ! IP: 81.109.226.72 |
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South Wales colliery miners trapped
Posted: 16/09/2011 08:55:07 Reply | Quote "16 September 2011 Last updated at 08:18 Help Police have confirmed that one miner has been found dead in a flooded colliery near Swansea. His identity has not been revealed. Rescuers are continuing to serach for three other men. Water burst into the Gleision drift mine when a retaining wall gave way. Seven men were in the tunnels, three of them managed to escape, though one was badly injured and is now seriously ill in hospital. The rescue co-ordinators hope some of the men, all experienced miners, will have found shelter beyond the flooded section. Neath MP Peter Hain, who spent the night with the families of those affected, said conditions inside the mine were tough" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14943521 -- 'having a spiffing adventure underground!' IP: 86.181.31.205 |
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South Wales colliery miners trapped
Posted: 16/09/2011 11:30:42 Reply | Quote It's a bit difficult to understand the underground layout, suffice that there is at least a drift heading down from the adit and that a retaining wall had collapsed, allowing water into the workings. One fears that the survival of the miners trapped depends whether or not there are sufficiently large air pockets in the further workings - and whether they can be recovered from there quickly enough. It's perhaps a word used too frequently, but it will be miraculous if they are brought out alive  -- Filling space until a new signature comes along... IP: 81.130.97.30 |
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South Wales colliery miners trapped
Posted: 16/09/2011 11:31:49 Reply | Quote Really sad. Those (excellent) pictures from Urbex don't look very encouraging, and I'm guessing it's a sudden ingress of water rather than an explosion. It looked very fragile from the photos, but presumably the new owners would have consolidated the supports in the mine. Hope they get the other guys out alive. IP: 86.129.96.169 |
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South Wales colliery miners trapped
Posted: 16/09/2011 11:32:01 Reply | Quote Its certainly not looking good at the moment from what is being reported -- 'having a spiffing adventure underground!' IP: 86.181.31.205 |
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South Wales colliery miners trapped
Posted: 16/09/2011 11:35:08 Reply | Quote I'd like to suggest, on behalf of those members of the forum with varying professional involvements in the field, that all parties refrain from speculative comments Thank you -- ''the stopes soared beyond the range of our caplamps' - David Bick...... How times change .... oh, I don't know, I've got a lamp like that. IP: 216.147.148.132 |
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South Wales colliery miners trapped
Posted: 16/09/2011 12:02:37 Reply | Quote derrickman wrote: I'd like to suggest, on behalf of those members of the forum with varying professional involvements in the field, that all parties refrain from speculative comments Agreed, out of respect to the trapped miners, their families and the dead miner and his family. Not that anybody was, but let's wait for all the facts. A sad day for UK mining. -- You no worry about saftey. It no cause explosion yet. IP: 95.148.0.166 |
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South Wales colliery miners trapped
Posted: 16/09/2011 12:45:10 Reply | Quote Aditaddict wrote: Those very pictures being used by sky news i hope the guy who sold them to them is the owner of the pictures ! ! This could get interesting - if the guy who took the pictures for the Urbex site hasn't given permission and tries to sue, that would reveal his identity to the Coal Authority who could then prosecute him for unauthorised entry to an abandoned coal mine.... Alternatively, the CA could ask the papers where they got the photos from! -- I am currently out of the office on leave and travelling through time but will respond to your message when I return last week. IP: 194.159.145.70 |
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South Wales colliery miners trapped
Posted: 16/09/2011 12:48:06 Reply | Quote The photographs now appear credited to the 'Wales News Service'. If I were a betting man, I'd probably put my money on them having been 'borrowed' rather than being sold to the Wales News Service by the person who took them. It's happened before and it'll happen again - it's part of the reason why the full-size images on here are copyright water-marked. -- Filling space until a new signature comes along... IP: 81.130.97.30 |
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South Wales colliery miners trapped
Posted: 16/09/2011 13:45:44 Reply | Quote Further sad news. A second miner's body has been found. BBC News wrote: A second miner has been confirmed as dead, as the search continues for two more men still trapped in a Swansea valley colliery. The men became trapped 90m (295ft) below in the flooded Gleision Colliery near Pontardawe on Thursday morning. -- You no worry about saftey. It no cause explosion yet. IP: 95.148.0.166 |
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South Wales colliery miners trapped
Posted: 16/09/2011 14:03:49 Reply | Quote Sad news indeed in this day & age, our thoughts are with the families. IP: 217.41.41.83 |
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South Wales colliery miners trapped
Posted: 16/09/2011 15:07:43 Reply | Quote Breaking News A third miner has been found dead, police confirm. -- 'having a spiffing adventure underground!' IP: 86.181.31.205 |
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South Wales colliery miners trapped
Posted: 16/09/2011 16:39:53 Reply | Quote Some more info and a part of the mine plan here. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-14949286 IP: 86.31.129.77 |
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