I am new to this site and was reading through various posts and came across this one. I was also on this shift and remember it as though it was only yesterday such as the memory it has imprinted on my brain. My father was one of the Overmen on this shift too. I will never forget the speed at which one of the lads passed me on the belt and, like everyone else walking down the drift, thought it could of only ended the worst way. Thankfully there was no fatalities. I can remember helping lift one of the stretchers. We all put in a very difficult shift that night.
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