Oscar 1 mine rescue unit
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Dog rescued after days in mineshaft
Trentham Fire Brigade members have rescued a dog last Monday after it fell into an eight-metre-deep mine shaft on Pronk Track in Trentham. A labradoodle named Penny and a labrador named Ted wandered from their owner’s property when they went missing four days earlier. It is believed Ted fell into the mine shaft sometime on…
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Dog rescued from mineshaft
A dog had to be rescued from a mineshaft near Castlemaine by a specialist CFA team last Saturday morning. The CFA’s Oscar 1 mine rescue unit was called in from Bendigo to retrieve the poodle cross from the mineshaft in Specimen Gully Road. CFA Oscar 1 team leader Daniel McMahon said the dog had wandered…