Canada Mine Disaster.
Canada Mine Disaster.
Rescue operations in the Springhill, N.S. Mine disaster stop with the sealing of the mine to prevent a second coal-gas explosion and fire. 26 Are still trapped, while 89 are rescued from the mile-deep shafts. Establishing shot - Springhill, Nova Scotia a car driving down a hill. MS - Aftermath of the first explosion the out-side of the mine. The camera pans the destruction that was caused by the blast. MCUS - Family members of the minors running to the mine, to wait. A crowd of family members gathered trying to comfort one another. MCUS - An ambulance leaving the mines with a survivor. MCUS - Injured minors being brought up from the mines carried off on stretchers and being placed in a building awaiting for transfer to a hospital.