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  1. #31
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    May they all be free from stoking Hells fire

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    Condolences to the families and community.

    I hope the bodies are recovered quickly and the families can have some form of closure on this tragic event.



    One wish I do have and that is the mine is not sealed till this recovery takes place.
    I suspect that due to what has and properly is occurring underground the only solution will be to fully seal the mine to put out any fires and hot spots.

    May God be with them all.

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    Sympathies to all concerned - possibly made harder in light of the other highly visible successful rescues in Tasmania and Chile.

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    I had this sent to me today and would like to share it

    THE MEN OF PIKE



    They came from near and far away
    The men of Pike to work that day
    The afternoon shift way down deep
    Beneath the mountains oh so steep
    A long way in but further out
    The afternoon shift sets about
    A job not flash but hard and trying
    A job that holds the risk of dying


    From seventeen to sixty two
    They start their shift to see it through
    For one his first, for all their last
    How could they know there'd be a blast?
    For all at once no siren whining
    Suddenly the worst in mining
    Dust and rubble fill the air
    A loader driver thrown clear
    Just one other finds the light
    The rest are hidden from our sight


    And so we learn as news is spread
    The news that mining families dread
    It's up at Pike there's an explosion
    Faces drop and hearts are frozen
    Who, how many, where and why ----
    Will they make it ---- will they die


    Fathers, husbands, brothers, sons
    Coasters, Kiwis, Aussies, Poms
    Mates and friends who we are seeking
    Methane gas from coal seams leaking
    Vents exploded, phones unheeded
    Level heads and strength are needed
    The world above unites as one
    To bring the missing to the sun


    Rescue teams are standing by
    As holes are drilled and experts try
    To find a way that's safe and sound
    To rescue those beneath the ground
    Could robots work where men are mortal
    To pierce the dangers of that portal
    But alas all effort fails
    The darkness of the mine prevails


    A second blast of rock and thunder
    Hope and prayers are rent asunder
    A nation weeps and Coasters mourn
    Pike falls silent, dark, forlorn
    A hole remains within the ground
    Devoid of joy, of life, of sound


    Another hole within the heart
    Of those forever set apart
    From those they loved who went to toil
    Digging coal beneath the soil
    Those who gave their lives that day
    To work a shift for honest pay
    They wait at rest within their mine
    The men of Pike, the Twenty Nine



    Sean Plunket
    Cheers Fred



    The difference between light and hard is that you can sleep with the light on.
    http://www.redbubble.com/people/fredsmi ... t_creative"

    Updated 26 April 2010
    http://sites.google.com/site/pomfred/

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