OTD 1963: Dog rescued from mine shaft

On this Day: February 12th, 1963.

ATV Midlands News reported on the successful rescue of a dog in Winster, Derbyshire.

The silent footage shows a rope ladder being lowered down the mine shaft.

Cave rescuer Douglas Fearn is shown descending and the dog is retrieved. The dog which belongs to Frederick Nutt had been trapped for twenty-two hours.