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Dog Rescued Following a 50ft Plunge Down a Mineshaft

Kit Hill, Callington at 16/08/2011 13:50


Firefighters from Callington and Bodmin attended a report of a dog that had fallen down a mineshaft. Line rescue equipment was used to lower a firefighter 50 feet down into the mineshaft to retrieve the dog by 1530hrs. The springer spaniel was unharmed following its ordeal and was handed back to its grateful owner.


Date Posted: 16/08/2011


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