Tas: Timeline of Beaconsfield mine disaster

AAP General News (Australia)
04-27-2006
Tas: Timeline of Beaconsfield mine disaster

BEACONSFIELD, Tas, April 27 - Timeline of Beaconsfield mine disaster



- Tuesday, April 25, 9.30pm (AEST): A rock fall occurs at the Beaconsfield mine, 40km
north-west of Launceston, with 17 miners underground. Fourteen make it to a safety chamber
and escape unhurt. Three men remain trapped, sparking a large search and rescue mission.



- Wednesday, April 26, 4.45pm: A remote-controlled heavy earth-moving loader fitted
with two cameras is ready for testing at the mine.



- 7.40pm: Testing of loader completed.



- 9.15pm: Loader begins work in first rock fall area, 925 metres below the surface.



- Thursday, April 27, 1.50am: Loader removes an unmanned Nissan Patrol which was blocking
access to the rock fall.



- 2.30am: Loader starts removing the first of two known rock falls in the mine.



- 7am: Loader begins removing rock from the second rock fall area, where the three
men were last seen.



- 7.22am: Body of an unnamed miner is found. The search continues for the two other miners.



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