Trapped Australian miners found alive
{{date|April 30, 2006}}
Two miners trapped since Tuesday in the [[w:Beaconsfield, Tasmania|Beaconsfield]] Mine in [[Tasmania]], [[Australia]], have reportedly been found alive by rescuers. Todd Russell and Brandt Webb were trapped by a rockfall caused by a minor earthquake on Tuesday night. Hopes for their survival had faded after the body of a fellow trapped miner, Larry Knight, was discovered on Thursday.

According to the mine's owners, the men are located in the mine where they were last seen, over 900m below the surface. Rescuers are communicating with, but still unable to free, the trapped men, and will be supplying them with food and water. It could be up to 48 hours before the men are extracted from the mine.

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==Sources==

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|title=Beaconsfield miners found alive
|author=ABC News Online
|pub=ABC News Online
|date=April 30, 2006}}

*{{source|url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18980134-421,00.html
|title=Trapped miners 'are alive'
|author=News.com.au
|pub=News.com.au
|date=April 30, 2006}}

*{{source|url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18984517-2,00.html
|title=Miners ask rescuers for food.
|author=The Australian
|pub=News.com.au
|date=April 30, 2006}}

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[[Category:Oceania]][[Category:Australia]][[Category:Disasters and accidents]]
[[Category:Tasmania]]
[[Category:Mining]]
Two miners trapped since Tuesday in the Beaconsfield Mine in Tasmania, Australia, have reportedly been found alive by rescuers. Todd Russell and Brandt Webb were trapped by a rockfall caused by a minor earthquake on Tuesday night. Hopes for their survival had faded after the body of a fellow trapped miner, Larry Knight, was discovered on Thursday.

According to the mine's owners, the men are located in the mine where they were last seen, over 900m below the surface. Rescuers are communicating with, but still unable to free, the trapped men, and will be supplying them with food and water. It could be up to 48 hours before the men are extracted from the mine.

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Oceania Australia Disasters and accidents Tasmania Mining