SA: Woman survives two nights after mine shaft fall

AAP General News (Australia)
02-05-2001
SA: Woman survives two nights after mine shaft fall

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By Valkerie Mangnall

ADELAIDE, Feb 5 AAP - A woman who survived two nights after falling down a disused
mine shaft on her property in the Adelaide Hills was rescued today.

Denise Wood, 44, fell about 30 metres after a section of ground covering the opening
of the mine shaft gave way as she walked over it with a wheelbarrow at her farm near the
town of Strathalbyn early Saturday morning.

A South Australian Ambulance spokesman said she was found in waist-deep water but …