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Most international cave rescue units are listed with contacts for use in the event of a cave incident. The world's first cave rescue team, the Cave Rescue Organisation (CRO), was founded in 1935 in Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Like all UK cave rescue groups, it is composed of volunteer cavers and funded entirely by donations. [1]
Bat Cave; Carter Caves State Park; Cascade Caverns; Colossal Cavern; Diamond Caverns; Eleven Jones Cave; Fisher Ridge Cave System; Glover's Cave; Goochland Cave; Great Onyx Cave; Great Saltpetre Cave; Horse Cave also known as "Hidden River Cave" Lost River Cave; Mammoth Cave; Martin Ridge Cave System; Oligo-Nunk Cave System
86 indirect fatalities occurred in the United States. 76 additional fatalities occurred in six other countries and offshore; 21 people are still missing in Haiti. 157 1960 Hurricane Donna: Tropical cyclone The Caribbean, United States East Coast: $491,100,000 Includes 107 deaths in Puerto Rico. 156-173 1873 Massacre Canyon: Massacre
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 ...
IUCRR provides services in the U.S. and internationally, and has performed body recoveries throughout the world, [3] [4] as well as underwater cave rescues. [5] The IUCRR have established standard recovery procedures for cave diving fatalities, and may provide expertise and resources not easily available to most law-enforcement agencies. [1]
Cave Image County Length Year discovered Notes Bell Witch Cave: Robertson County: 490 feet (150 m) On the property of John Bell's estate, known for folk tales about the Bell Witch. [4] Blue Spring Cave: White County: 40 miles (64 km) [5] 1989 Longest cave in Tennessee, 10th longest cave in the US, and 44th longest cave in the world. [5] Big ...
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll.It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture, planning, construction, design, and more.