Rescue of three miners from Willem-Sophia Mine. On Thursday, August 18th, 1955, at , fell on the 217-meter level of the Willem Sophia Mine in Spekholzerheide a corridor through which three miners saw cut way back. By phone they could report that it was their right. Via a compressed air line they were they provided with food. A German drilling crew made over a length of 37 meters a hole to let them through. Eventually Hubert Bertram, Piet Schoormans and finally also the foreman Hubert Bertram called up again. Annotation: From left to right. Piet Schoormans, foreman P. H. Bertram ?,, B
Rescue of three miners from Willem-Sophia Mine. On Thursday, August 18th, 1955, at , fell on the 217-meter level of the Willem Sophia Mine in Spekholzerheide a corridor through which three miners saw cut way back. By phone they could report that it was their right. Via a compressed air line they were they provided with food. A German drilling crew made over a length of 37 meters a hole to let them through. Eventually Hubert Bertram, Piet Schoormans and finally also the foreman Hubert Bertram called up again. Annotation: From left to right. Piet Schoormans, foreman P. H. Bertram ?,, Bertram? Date: August 22, 1955 Location: Kerkrade, Limburg, Spekholzerheide Keywords: group portraits, mining, mines, miners, rescue Person Name: Bertram, Hubert, Schoormans, Piet Institution Name: Willem-Sophia My
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