HAZLETON MINE DISASTER

Mine Rescue worker John Adams is lowered into steel casing which was inserted in top 30 feet of 330 foot escape hole to trapped miners at Hazleton, Pa., August 25, 1963. Adams went down to check on condition of escape shaft before widening of 12-inch diameter hole below 30-inch casing would get under way. At left is fellow rescue worker Bob Thompson also wearing lowering harness. (AP Photo)