The Beaconsfield Mine collapse occurred on 25 April 2006 in Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia. Of the seventeen people who were at the mine at the time, fourteen people fled immediately after the collapse, one dead and two others found alive using a device that was controlled remotely. Both miners were rescued on May 9, 2006, two weeks after being trapped nearly a kilometer below the surface.
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At 9:26 pm (Eastern Australian Standard Time) on April 25, 2006 a small earthquake triggered the fall of underground rock at the Beaconsfield gold mine in northern Tasmania. Geoscience Australia says that an earthquake measuring 2.2, at shallow depths in coordinates 41.190 Â ° S 146.840 Â ° E / -41.190; 146.840 . Previous speculation has stated that mine blasting has caused a collapse. Three of the miners working underground at the time were trapped, and preliminary reports indicate that 14 underground miners at the time had managed to fight for safety. The mining company, Beaconsfield Mine Joint Venture, released a press statement saying they held "great concern for the welfare of three miners".
Larry Knight (44), Brant Webb (37) and Todd Russell (34) are the three miners still to be found. Knight had been killed in the initial knock, but Webb and Russell were still alive, trapped in the part of the vehicle where they worked at the time of the collapse, known as teleloader or telehandler. They were in a basket at the end of the telehandler's arm, where they had put a steel net into the barricade before hoisting the stump. Initially it was reported incorrectly that two miners were rescued by stone slabs that fell over the basket, but in Channel 9's exclusive interview broadcast on May 21, Webb and Russell stated that this was not true and that the "ceiling" above them was just thousands of rocks unstable ones that are specifically packaged together.
The cage was partially filled with stones, and the men were partially buried under some debris. Webb seems to have fainted for a short time, and Russell's lower body is completely buried. When Webb woke up, the two were able to free themselves and each other from fallen rocks by cutting off their clothes and boots, which were trapped in rocks, using a Stanley knife.
The miners were able to survive by drinking groundwater, seeping through the rocks above their heads, which they had collected in their helmets. Webb also has a muesli bar with him, which he offers to cut in half and share with Russell. The men initially agreed to wait 24 hours to eat it, but they continued to extend the time, until they decided to eat it on 29 April. They then eat small pieces of the bar at a time, to make it last as long as possible. However, Russell later lost most of his bar when he fell from his pocket.
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Rescue attempt
On April 26, remote-controlled ground movers began cleaning underground rocks. On the morning of April 27 at 7:22, the corpse of one of the miners was found in the shaft. At about 8 pm, the corpse was taken and identified as Larry Paul Knight, 44, from Launceston. He is a telehandler driver.
Rescue workers did not proceed further through the debris past the back end of the telehandler because it was unsafe, instead choosing to blow up a new tunnel across from the main decline into a side tunnel, aiming to get out in front of a telehandler. On April 29 they began blowing up a new tunnel, blowing at least six large explosives to form a tunnel. The explosions unleashed a stone in a telehandler enclosure, which Webb and Russell tried to clean it up, though as the explosions drew nearer, the rocks slid faster than they could clear. Russell records the date and time of each explosion on his clothes, so that if they die as a result of the blast, the savior will know that they have lived before a certain explosion. Both Webb and Russell also wrote letters to their families about their clothes. The two men sang "The Gambler" by Kenny Rogers (the only song they both knew) to keep their spirits, as they awaited a successive explosion in the tunnel. At about 5:45 pm on April 30, two rescuers, Pat Ball, the underground manager and Steve Saltmarsh, my foreman, violated the security protocol by entering the 925 level, to the cliff and shouting. Webb and Russell started shouting, "We're here!" and this is how saviors find them alive.
During the rescue attempt, one of the miners asked the iPod to be full of Foo Fighters songs. The Foo Fighters responded and made a song about them called "The Ballad Of Beaconsfield Miners". The Foos also gives the ticket miners to any two concerts of their choice and access to all of their songs.
Then a rescuer finds a direct route to the trapped miners, across the wreckage in the side tunnel, and can be quite close to the telehandler basket to shake Russell's hand. This is where the loader is controlled remotely up to the back of the teleloader, but this route is considered unsafe to save them. Webb and Russell themselves do not want rescuers trying to reach them through the ruins, because for that they have to cut the wires on the sides of the cage, which are under great pressure from the rocks above. Both men were afraid to cut the cage would cause its collapse.
Rescue teams soon stopped blasting in access tunnels, and instead drilled smaller holes through about 14.5 meters of rock between the access tunnel's head and part of the side tunnel where the miners were trapped. Webb and Russell direct the work by listening to the sound of drilling and assessing its direction. The hole was about 90 millimeters in diameter. PVC pipes are used to coat the holes, which are used to deliver fresh water, food, and communication equipment to men.
On May 1, 2006 the rescue team was still 12 meters away from the miners. They also then sent digital cameras, torches, dry clothes, magazines, iPods including music from Foo Fighters and Kevin Bloody Wilson (upon request), deodorants and toothpastes. They also received letters from their families, and were able to write letters in return. In a letter to his wife, Russell wrote, "There is not much room we have here." Russell asked the paper earlier Saturday because he said he would be looking for a new job, after joking about losing one of these moments for lazing around. A mining official questioned why Russell wanted to find a job, because he already had a job. Russell, in a later interview, said that he replied, "I told him to paste it..." They also sent medical supplies, with Webb being able to treat wounds at Russell's feet, with advice from paramedics.. On May 1, the two men asked about Larry Knight, and the rescue team told them that he was found dead.
Rescue efforts with drilling were suspended on Monday 1st May due to the danger of another collapse. It was decided to use a raised lifter docked in concrete, with the last load of concrete shipped before dawn on Wednesday, May 3, 2006. The machine cut the horizontal tunnel one meter round. Later in the day it was announced that drilling to go to the final 12 meters would start within hours. At around 6:45 am, a 20 cm pilot hole drilling for the rising bark begins. Using the normal procedure for this machine, the pilot hole is drilled, for larger diameter borer to follow. It takes more than three days to complete. According to Beaconsfield mine manager Matthew Gill, quartz rocks are drilled for 5 times harder than concrete. The drill is capable of drilling at a speed of 1 meter per hour, but it will be much slower because of the danger of falling rock further, at a rate of about 460 millimeters per hour.
The rescue tunnel drilling begins on Thursday 4 May at about 8 pm. guided by pilot hole completed. It was gouged to one meter and planned to appear under a male cage after passing 16 meters of rock. The last phase involves the miners using hand tools to make the opening while lying on their backs.
At 7 am on Saturday 6 May the rising borer has drilled about 11 meters from a 14.5 meter rescue tunnel. Mine decides a short route on Friday night. The main drilling operation finished at 6 pm. on Saturday, with only a few meters left to reach the trapped miners. A few hours of work unpacking and removing the boring machine from the escape tunnel is needed before the final stages of rescue begin.
On May 7 rescue teams reached a hard rock belt that they found hard to penetrate. Because the jack hammers they use have little effect, they again use low-impact costs. On May 8 the horizontal tunnel was completed, with rescuers starting to crash up in the short vertical tunnel, because the horizontal tunnel has been dug lower than the miners level. At about 9:30 pm a probe passed a rock beneath where the miners were located, showing only a meter between them, including 400 millimeters of hard rock.
After 14 pm, at 4:27 pm, Glenn Burns rescuers, Donovan Lightfoot and Royce Gill finally reached the crowd, one of them shouting "I can see your light" as he breaks through the ground that separates him from the miners, to where the miner replied, "I can see your light too". Brant Webb was released at 4:47 pm on May 9th, followed by Todd Russell at 04:54. They pushed up the mine's spiral drop, arriving at a medical station at the base of the vertical axis from the surface around 5:30 pm They were checked by a doctor, and then sent the elevator to the surface. About thirty meters from the surface, they got out of their wheelchair, which was moved to the back of the elevator to keep it from being seen. At 5:58 pm the two men walked out of the lift cage unaided "... while punching their fists in the air for cheers from the crowd of Beaconsfield gathered outside the mine gate.Using fluoro jackets and lighting miners helmets, their safety labels become 'safe' on board out of mine before embracing family members who rush to hug them. "The two were then transported to Launceston Public Hospital near Launceston just after 6 am local time. Russell suffered a knee injury, and a broken vertebra that suppressed his sciatic nerves, while Webb suffered injuries to both knees, some of his vertebrae and neck.
Reaction
Hundreds of journalists arrived in the city to cover the news, turning Beaconsfield into a busy city. Some comedians joke at the time why the rescue took so long because the cables and cables used by the broadcaster on the site were blocking the road.
The Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, said that his message to miners was "Everyone is with you, my friend."
On the afternoon of May 7, leading Australian journalist Richard Carleton suffered a heart attack at a press conference at the mine. He was transported to the hospital, before being declared dead by a doctor.
Less than six hours after they were rescued, Todd Russell joined more than a thousand mourners at Larry Knight's funeral. The cemetery has been postponed constantly in the hope that the rescued miners can be present, before finally settling on Tuesday 9 May. Russell was present after leaving Launceston General Hospital on time.
When Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters heard the miners request to have the band's music sent to an MP3 player, he issued a personal message by fax to those who indicated he would meet them for beer. Grohl's note read, in part, "Even though I'm in the world now, my heart is with you both, and I want you to know that when you get home, there are two tickets to every Foos exhibit, everywhere, and two cold beers waiting for you. ? "In October 2006, one of the miners took his offer, joining Grohl for a drink after an acoustic concert of Foo Fighters at the Sydney Opera House. Since then, Foo Fighters has written an instrumental tribute song called "Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners" which appeared on the album Echoes, Silence, Patience & amp; Grace .
After the Australian Workers Union meeting held with miners from Beaconsfield on May 15, they reported that no miners could be found who had been trained in safety training, miners were unhappy with the reduction in the amount of cement used to seal off the exploited part. from the mine, supporters have been removed from the bottom of the mine, and nets intended to prevent rock collapse are known to be ineffective.
Media interests
The interest in getting the media bidding with the two survivors culminated with Oprah Winfrey's production company Harpo who expressed interest. The interest of the United States is very strong considering the two January 2006 mining disasters in West Virginia (the Sago Mine disaster and the Aracoma Alma Mine accident) which resulted in the deaths of 15 miners.
Ten News reported that survivors were offered $ 3 million each, and Nine Channel boss Eddie McGuire attended the pub where the Beaconsfield residents celebrated the rescue. During The Footy Show, they crossed directly to a special event held at Beaconsfield where both miners appeared and were questioned by McGuire. The Daily Telegraph revealed that the Nine Networks got a deal for $ 2.6 million, for a special 2 hours on the night of May 21st, entitled "The Great Escape".
The story was extended by a stream of media reports detailing trials, such as Simply Rope with Andrew Denton ' s interview with one rescuer, Paul Featherstone. The band Unitopia Adelaide recorded one, "321" (often misquoted in the media as "321 Jam"), with Webb, Russell and their wives singing backing vocals.
The controversial satire and comic actor Dan Ilic wrote and performed at Melbourne's Fringe Festival based on the disaster and media reaction against him, titled Beaconsfield: The Musical. This section was originally titled Beaconsfield: A Musical in A-Flat Minor, but Ilic changed the controversial title 'to honor'. The new title of the show is "Beaconsfield: A musical in no key" which refers to the media noise in the initial name.
Telemovie
In June 2011, Herald Sun revealed that Channel 9 will produce a mini-series about the incident. Lachy Hulme plays a role to play Russell and Shane Jacobson role in Webb's role. The mini series eventually became a telemovie called Beaconsfield , which was transmitted on April 22, 2012 to an audience of over 1.6 million.
See also
- 2010 CopiapÃÆ'Â kecelakaan mining accident
References
Further reading
- Wright, Tony (2006). Bad Land: In Beaconsfield Mine Rescue . Millers Point, NSW: Pier 9. ISBNÃ, 1-921208-87-2.
- Ludeke, M. (2006) Ten Events Form the History of Tasmania. Hobart: Ludeke Publishing.
External links
- "Beaconsfield Gold". Beaconsfield Code N.L. Archived from original on May 3, 2006 . Retrieved 2006-05-03 . < span>
- "Beaconsfield: mining the hero's gold". Media Reports, ABC Radio National reported a media interest in rescue and how it was handled (transcripts, streaming audio and podcasts available). Archived from original on May 20, 2006 . Retrieved 2006-05-11 .
- "Todd Russell's interview after the Pike River Mine explosion in New Zealand". RadioLIVE. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010 . Retrieved 2010-11-22 .
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