When was it published?

November 18, 1737 in The Virginia Gazette

Foreign News November 18, 1737

The Virginia Gazette

Q: What keywords are associated?

Dublin Copper Mine, Mine Collapse, Trapped Miners, Rescue Operation, Survival Candles

Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia

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What is this article about?

In a Dublin copper mine collapse, four of eight trapped men were rescued alive after four days, surviving on a pound of candles. Two days later, two more were found weak in a rock cleft cave but not extracted. Rescue efforts continue for the remaining two, whose voices have been heard.

Merged-components note: Continuation of the story about the copper mine accident in Dublin across pages 2 and 3.

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Dublin, August 20. Of the eight Men that were in the Copper Mine when the Earth fell in upon them, Four were taken up alive, after having remained four Days in the Earth without having any thing to live on but a Pound of Candles: and two Days after two more were found, but so weak, that it was not thought safe to bring them into the Air: They were preserved by getting into the Clift of a Rock, on the Top of which another falling hindered the Earth from closing in upon them, and formed a kind of a Cave. They were at first Six together, but the Earth giving Way a second Time, Separated the two latter from the rest. There are an Hundred Men at Work, endeavouring to relieve the other Two, who are thought to be still alive, their Voice having been sometimes heard.

What sub-type of article is it?

Disaster

What keywords are associated?

Dublin Copper Mine Mine Collapse Trapped Miners Rescue Operation Survival Candles

Where did it happen?

Dublin

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Dublin

Event Date

August 20

Outcome

four rescued alive after four days; two more found weak but alive; two still trapped but voices heard; no deaths reported.

Event Details

Earth collapsed on eight men in a copper mine. Four taken up alive after four days, surviving on a pound of candles. Two days later, two more found weak in a rock cleft that formed a cave, not extracted due to condition. Initially six together, then separated by second collapse. Hundred men working to rescue remaining two, believed alive as voices heard.