Forgotten Stories: Historical Crimes and the Unusual

#4 1906 Rescue of Mining Man Buried Alive


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Elisabeth tells the tale of a gut-wrenching rescue operation in which an Edison Electric Company worker survives an underground collapse. It proves difficult to free the man with 1906 technology in Kern County, California and newspaper accounts of the mission kept the nation on edge. Tune in to hear how the man was kept alive 70 feet below the surface. Warning: some details are gruesome in nature.

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Forgotten Stories: Historical Crimes and the UnusualBy Cathryn and Elisabeth