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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]
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.
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.
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
There are over 2500 known caves; [46] some are open to the public for tours. [47] Visitors can try caving at one of the show caves: White Scar Cave, Ingleborough Cave or Stump Cross Caverns near Greenhow. [48] The systems include: Gaping Gill System [49] Alum Pot System [50] Mossdale Caverns [51] Leck Fell Caves [52] Easegill System [53]
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.
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 ...
Many of the caves in Arkansas and the Ozark region have legends and fables about hidden gold and silver, often attributed to Hernando de Soto's vicious search for gold. [2] Their origins go back as far as the early 1700s, when the French explored the area, and some might have come from even earlier Spanish legends.