Water level at flooded coal mine falls sharply

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-08-21 17:00

Rescuers put a pipe in place to pump water from flooded shafts at Huayuan Coal Mine in East China's Shandong Province on August 21, 2007. By 7:00 am Tuesday, the water level at the mine where 172 miners have been trapped since Friday had fallen by 23.6 meters to 69 meters. [Xinhua] 

 

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