Todd Russell, 34, and Brant Webb, 37, were trapped in a safety cage in the mine in Beaconsfield, Tasmania, after a 2. Initially, it was feared that the two men, both married and both with three children, had also perished but investigators using a thermal imaging camera five days after the collapse found them still alive and the non-stop effort to bring the pair to safety began.
The men were able to walk unaided from the mine's main lift shaft, despite their ordeal and cramped muscles. They hugged family and friends before climbing into two ambulances.
A fire engine drove through the town with its siren wailing to alert locals to news that the pair had been rescued. A church bell rang out in celebration shortly after 5am GMT. Hundreds of locals from the close-knit town of Beaconsfield, in the island state of Tasmania, gathered at the gates of the mine to welcome the men, who have become national heroes. Television cameras, photographers and journalists shouting questions also greeted the men above ground, reflecting the enormous media encampment that had followed every twist of the rescue effort.
Television networks, whose bulletins had already been interrupting normal television programming, cut live to the news that the men had been saved. The miners received medical treatment before appearing in front of members of the public. Onlookers applauded as an ambulance carrying the men drove slowly past with its doors open. The men appeared to be in good health and smiled broadly, punching the air in jubilation and waving to wellwishers.
He said a new tunnel would connect to the existing decline metres underground, allowing larger, more modern equipment to be used.
Mr Lenigas said "if the gold price holds up" he envisaged "five to six years of mine life", with around to people employed during the mine's construction phase.
Beaconsfield newsagent Vicki Thomas said "anything that brings money and jobs into the area would be great". West Tamar Mayor Christina Holmdahl said when what she described as "the disaster" happened, there was "a view Beaconsfield would die". Butcher Dean Hinds said a restart at the mine "would be very, very handy". With a population of just over 1,, Beaconsfield has changed since , something Dean Hinds can attest to.
Grant Schuhmann, the mine's site supervisor, said he had been "keeping an eye on the place". He said he "spent 12 years underground" before operations stopped in Asked if he had any concerns over safety at the mine, Mr Schuhmann said he believed the new owners to have "good mining experience". If gold mining begins again, he said he would sign on for sure, with many people also "keen to go back".
We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. The Beaconsfield mines rescue is a defining moment in mining safety in Australia. The disaster claimed the life of Larry Knight, whose body was discovered two days after the disaster. Rescue efforts were more like a body recovery operation. For six days, the duo survived on mine water and shared a muesli bar while rescue teams worked tirelessly, blasting rock in an effort to get closer to where the bodies might be.
These blasts almost killed the men, who were trapped in a telehandler basket. They would wait for the blasts to come, unaware of whether they would survive the next one. When asked what prevented tonnes of dirt and rock from killing the men, Todd answers promptly. And a miracle it was.
It was this underground karaoke, that let the world know they were still alive. Highly emotional messages from family were kept in reserve for potentially tougher times. The sounds of freedom and farewell In the early morning of 9 May, a church bell — silent since the end of World War II — rang out to announce the end of the rescue effort and the men emerged looking remarkably intact.
Larry was farewelled by the sound of a motorcycle guard of honour and with the newly freed Todd Russell in attendance. The event put Beaconsfield on the map, where the Beaconsfield Mine Heritage Centre features a reconstruction of the mine collapse site.
Tourism to the township has increased to 40, visits a year since the rescue. Since the rescue, Webb has been involved in preventing workplace accidents and Russell is currently the Beaconsfield fire brigade chief. Remembering the Indigenous resistance fighter determined to maintain Aboriginal traditions by resisting British rule.
On 4 May , the first brown trout eggs ever successfully shipped to Australia hatched in the cool waters of Plenty River, Tasmania — causing a ripple effect for both fishing and conservation that endures to this day. Australians have commemorated Anzac Day on 25 April for more than a century, but the ceremonies and their meanings have changed significantly since Close Menu.
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