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The cave and 6.8 acres (28,000 m 2) encompassing the sinkhole and cave entrance are owned by a private conservancy organization.This organization is composed of volunteers who monitor the condition of the cave, remove garbage and graffiti, conduct research, and work with the police to deter people from gathering at the cave to drink, use drugs, vandalize, etc.
The 1973 Mount Gambier cave diving accident was a scuba diving incident on 28 May 1973 at a flooded sinkhole known as "The Shaft" near Mount Gambier in South Australia.The incident claimed the lives of four recreational scuba divers: siblings Stephen and Christine M. Millott, Gordon G. Roberts, and John H. Bockerman. [1]
Tytoona Cave on September 13, 2015, seen from Arch Spring. Source Photo taken of Tytoona Cave. I stopped the car along the side of the road and shot this picture. I edited the photo when I got home on my computer. Date 2015-09-13 Author Nw1996. Permission (Reusing this file) See below.
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Two men died while cave diving in Florida from possible drowning in an area known for its hazardous conditions, police said.
Two cave divers died in a possible drowning in Florida, authorities said Thursday. Sheriff’s deputies were called about 12:20 p.m.
This policy was instituted after the deaths of 13 divers in the cave during the 1990s, and in response to threats from the state to ban diving in the cave entirely. [2] [1] Beginning at the gate, over 1,600 feet (490 m) through the area's limestone bedrock have been mapped, to a depth of 310 feet (94 m); the cave's full extent is unknown. [10]
Porth yr Ogof – the scene of 11 fatalities. The following is a list of the 137 identified recorded fatalities associated with recreational caving in the UK. The main causes of death have been drowning when cave diving, drowning as the result of flooding or negotiating deep water, injuries incurred from falling from a height, and injuries incurred as the result of rock falls.