The Bonnievale disaster of 1907.
In a museum at the Coolgardie Railway Station, Western Australia, a most unusual piece of equipment is exhibited. On display is diving gear which was used in a dramatic rescue attempt from a flooded mine just over a hundred years ago. The rescue of the trapped miner rates as an epic in Australian mining history, alongside that of two miners in Beaconsfield, Tasmania, in 2006.
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D004190:Disasters / Q000266:history*; D004242:Diving; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007171:Implosive Therapy; D008906:Mining / Q000266:history*; D018635:Rescue Work; D014904:Western Australia