Quake traps miners in South Africa
Last Updated Wed, 09 Mar 2005 16:18:19 EST
CBC News
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - Rescuers are racing to reach 42 miners trapped underground in South Africa after an earthquake rattled through the northern part of the country on Wednesday.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/03/09/mine-050309.html
S.African Miners Trapped After 'Exceptional' Quake
Wed Mar 9, 2005 04:13 PM ET
By Alistair Thomson
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Rescue teams were battling on Wednesday to reach 28 South African miners still trapped in collapsed shafts after an earthquake hit a gold mining area, amid worries of soaring temperatures due to lack of ventilation.
Originally 42 miners were trapped but 14 were pulled to safety, officials said.
"Fourteen have been rescued. It seems that there might be more people rescued. We will confirm that number in due course," gold mining company DRDGOLD spokesman Ilja Graulich told Reuters.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7856339
Earthquake Rattles South Africa
By VOA News
09 March 2005
Damaged apartment building in Stilfontein, South Africa
A gold mining company in South Africa says 42 of its miners are trapped following an earthquake measuring around 5.0 on the Richter scale.
DRDGold says the company has sent a rescue team to the mine located near the northern city of Klerksdorp, at the epicenter of the quake.
It says at least 13 other miners suffered injuries in Wednesday's quake.
The company says it is evacuating all of the 3,200 miners who were on duty.
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-03-09-voa39.cfm
