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  2. Mossdale Caverns - Wikipedia

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    The bodies were left in situ. The coroner decided the cave should be sealed, and concrete was poured down the only safe entrance. This was later re-opened and in 1971, with the agreement of their families, the bodies were buried by their colleagues from the ULSA in "Mud Caverns", a chamber at the far end of the system. [7] [8]

  3. List of UK caving fatalities - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. List of museums in Arkansas - Wikipedia

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    This list of museums in Arkansas is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.

  5. List of caves in Arkansas - Wikipedia

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    Mystic Caverns and Crystal Dome (1928) - Marble Falls; Old Spanish Treasure Cave (1930s) - Gravette; Blanchard Springs Caverns (1973) - Blanchard Springs; Bull Shoals Caverns (1958)- Bull Shoals; Lost valley cave, Eden waterfall - Ponca, Arkansas

  6. Cave rescue - Wikipedia

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    One 25-pound (11 kg) rock had jammed Collins' foot, preventing his escape. Collins remained trapped in Sand Cave for another two months until a crew of German engineers finished the digging of the shaft and extracted his body. [3] Marcel Loubens from Gouffre de la Pierre-Saint-Martin in the French Pyrenees in August 1952. During the ascent ...

  7. Mortuary cave - Wikipedia

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    A mortuary cave or a mortuary sinkhole, alternately burial cave, burial sinkhole, or crevice interment, is a naturally formed cavity in the earth that is intentionally used by humans as a cache for dead bodies.

  8. Mystic Caverns and Crystal Dome - Wikipedia

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    Mystic Caverns, which has operated commercially since the late 1920s, is older than any other commercially operated cave in Arkansas, with the exception of Onyx Cave in Eureka Springs, and perhaps nearby Diamond Cave in Jasper, which has been toured since 1925. Crystal Dome was discovered in the mid-1960s during landscaping operations at ...

  9. Cosmic Cavern - Wikipedia

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    The gift shop has a small museum on the second floor, highlighting some of the cave's history. One of the exhibits is a large sign that was found crumpled in a ditch, dating from when the cave was called "Mystery Cave." The cave is part of the National Caves Association.