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somersetminer
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12 years ago

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2233447/Cumbria-shaft-collapse-leaves-75ft-wide-crater-gardens-forcing-families-flee-homes.html

apparently the operator was harnessed to the rig as it went down!.....

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christwigg
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12 years ago

There already a video of it going in posted in the other thread.

http://www.aditnow.co.uk/community/viewtopic.aspx?p=107688#msg107688

droid
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12 years ago

Takes time for these things to get to Somerset.

WurzelMail is notoriously slow.... :lol:

somersetminer
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12 years ago

"droid" wrote:
Takes time for these things to get to Somerset.

even longer to Cornwall mate!

Lister
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12 years ago

Please excuse my ignorance, but exactly which part of that hole is 80' deep :lol:

...lister

'Adventure is just bad planning' Roald Amundsen

Trewillan
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12 years ago

"Lister" wrote:
Please excuse my ignorance, but exactly which part of that hole is 80' deep :lol:

...lister

The middle, where the 80 foot shaft is.

Deduct a bit for the shite that has now fallen down it.

Wormster
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12 years ago

Shouldn't be so difficult to cap now, considering that a load of soil and a wacking gurt lump of machinery fell in t'ole 😉 :lol: 😉 :lol:

Better to regret something you have done - than to regret something you have not done.

stuey
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12 years ago

The other day, it struck me that it is probably quite sensible to strap a plank to my back when I'm poking around undergrowth looking for holes.

This story is rather amusing, but it could have been mega serious!

Trewillan
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12 years ago

"stuey" wrote:
This story is rather amusing

Not really. Its happened many times before and people who should know better still put themselves at risk.

Buckhill
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12 years ago

#10

"Wormster" wrote:
Shouldn't be so difficult to cap now, considering that a load of soil and a wacking gurt lump of machinery fell in t'ole 😉 :lol: 😉 :lol:

The rig has now been lifted out and the hole "temporarily filled" - probably while a dozen "experts" spend the next few weeks scratching their ***** and wondering what to do next. Meanwhile the poor b*****s living beside it were given 3 hours yesterday afternoon to get their kit out and told they won't be home for Christmas!

Next act of the farce commences shortly, local audiences are steady.