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==List of fatalities==
==List of fatalities==


There have been a total of 136 fatalities, of which 124 have been associated with recreational caving. 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.
There have been a total of 136 fatalities, of which 123 have been associated with recreational caving. 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.


The worst incident in UK caving history was the [[Mossdale Caverns]] incident in 1967 when six cavers were drowned following an unexpected cloud burst.<ref name="Kershaw">{{cite web|last=Kershaw|first=Roy|title=What lies beneath: Mossdale caving disaster|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/what-lies-beneath-mossdale-caving-disaster-794268.html|work=The Independent|publisher=Independent Digital News and Media Limited|accessdate=16 January 2014}}</ref> There have been three incidents when three people have died. The first was when three cavers drowned in Langstroth Pot in 1976 when [[free-diving]] short sections of underwater passage as the result of the air in an air bell becoming foul.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite journal|title=Langstroth deaths - foul air blamed|journal=Descent|date=August 1976|issue=34|page=18}}</ref> Three cavers were drowned in the [[Marble Arch Cave|Marble Arch system]] in 1995,<ref name="Kelly 18">{{cite journal|title=Marble Arch fatalities|last=Kelly |first=John |journal=Descent |date=Apr–May 1995 |issue=123 |page=18}}</ref> and three cavers were killed by a rock fall in [[Easegill System|Ease Gill Caverns]] in 1988.<ref name="Boothroyd 12">{{cite journal|title=Easegill Tragedy |last=Boothroyd |first=Colin |journal=Descent |date=June–July 1988 |issue=82 |page=12}}</ref>
The worst incident in UK caving history was the [[Mossdale Caverns]] incident in 1967 when six cavers were drowned following an unexpected cloud burst.<ref name="Kershaw">{{cite web|last=Kershaw|first=Roy|title=What lies beneath: Mossdale caving disaster|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/what-lies-beneath-mossdale-caving-disaster-794268.html|work=The Independent|publisher=Independent Digital News and Media Limited|accessdate=16 January 2014}}</ref> There have been three incidents when three people have died. The first was when three cavers drowned in Langstroth Pot in 1976 when [[free-diving]] short sections of underwater passage as the result of the air in an air bell becoming foul.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite journal|title=Langstroth deaths - foul air blamed|journal=Descent|date=August 1976|issue=34|page=18}}</ref> Three cavers were drowned in the [[Marble Arch Cave|Marble Arch system]] in 1995,<ref name="Kelly 18">{{cite journal|title=Marble Arch fatalities|last=Kelly |first=John |journal=Descent |date=Apr–May 1995 |issue=123 |page=18}}</ref> and three cavers were killed by a rock fall in [[Easegill System|Ease Gill Caverns]] in 1988.<ref name="Boothroyd 12">{{cite journal|title=Easegill Tragedy |last=Boothroyd |first=Colin |journal=Descent |date=June–July 1988 |issue=82 |page=12}}</ref>
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==Breakdown of fatalities by cause and area==
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The following table summarises the major causes of fatality in UK caving by cause and by area. Non-caving incidents listed above have been excluded. The commonest cause of fatality in the UK is drowning - accounting for over half the deaths when cave diving is included, and almost 40% when diving is excluded. The second major cause of fatality is falling from height, accounting for 20% of non-diving fatalities, closely followed by rock fall which accounts for 15% of fatalities.
The following table summarises the major causes of fatality in UK caving by cause and by area. Non-caving incidents listed above have been excluded. The commonest cause of fatality in the UK is drowning - accounting for over half the deaths when cave diving is included, and almost 40% when diving is excluded. The second major cause of fatality is falling from height, accounting for 17% of non-diving fatalities, closely followed by rock fall which accounts for 12% of fatalities.


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Revision as of 09:02, 28 February 2014

This is a complete list of caving fatalities in the United Kingdom. It includes all deaths associated with natural caves in the modern era (post 1880), and deaths associated with disused mines. Fatalities not associated with recreational caving are noted. Cave diving is a specialised aspect of caving, so deaths resulting from cave diving have their own category, although the cause of death is inevitably drowning.

List of fatalities

There have been a total of 136 fatalities, of which 123 have been associated with recreational caving. 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.

The worst incident in UK caving history was the Mossdale Caverns incident in 1967 when six cavers were drowned following an unexpected cloud burst.[1] There have been three incidents when three people have died. The first was when three cavers drowned in Langstroth Pot in 1976 when free-diving short sections of underwater passage as the result of the air in an air bell becoming foul.[2] Three cavers were drowned in the Marble Arch system in 1995,[3] and three cavers were killed by a rock fall in Ease Gill Caverns in 1988.[4]

Porth yr Ogof, in South Wales, accounts for eleven fatalities, nine of which were the result of people drowning when negotiating the exit pool.[5] Mossdale Caverns accounts for six fatalities, all from one incident, and Alum Pot and Lancaster Hole both account for five.

The only case of a caver dying in the UK as the result of becoming stuck was Neil Moss in Peak Cavern in 1959. The cause of death was foul air building up around him.[6]

Date Cave Area Cause Name Notes
Sep 1890 Buckden Gavel Mine Yorkshire Dales   Natural causes ? John Place ? Not a caving incident - body found in 1964. Known as Buckden Bill[7]
Sep 1909 Square Shaft Peak District   Fall Alexander Rea Not a caving incident (probably) [8]
May 1929 West Mine Peak District Hypothermia George Etchells
Alfred Hadfield		 Bodies found August 1929[8]
July 1936 Alum Pot Yorkshire Dales   Rock fall Mabel Binks Possibly hit by a rock deliberately thrown down the shaft[9]
May 1939 Rowten Pot Yorkshire Dales Drowned John Lambert Fell and subsequently drowned[10]
June 1946 West Mine Peak District Fall Kenneth Brown [8]
Dec 1946 Grange Rigg Pot Yorkshire Dales Hypothermia Harold Sargeant [11]
Aug 1947 Body Pot Yorkshire Dales unknown unidentified Not a caving incident - see Trow Ghyll skeleton[12]
Aug 1947 Gaping Gill Yorkshire Dales unknown unidentified Not a caving incident - the remains were discovered on a ledge[13]
Apr 1949 Wookey Hole Mendip Diving James Marriott [14]
May 1951 Penyghent Pot Yorkshire Dales Hypothermia John Williams [15]
May 1955 Alum Pot Yorkshire Dales Fall J.E. Fisher [16]
Jun 1957 Porth yr Ogof South Wales Drowned Leonard Garraway [17]
Jan 1958 Goyden Pot Yorkshire Dales Drowned Brian Kerr Body not recovered[18]
Jan 1959 Swildon's Hole Mendip Hypothermia John Wallington [19]
Mar 1959 Peak Cavern Peak District CO2 poisoning Neil Moss Result of being trapped in confined space. Body interred in situ[6]
July 1959 Dow Cave Yorkshire Dales Rock fall David Priestman [20]
Dec 1959 Bar Pot Yorkshire Dales Fall E. Sugden [21]
Dec 1960 Eastwater Cavern Mendip Rock fall Alan Hartnell [8][22]
Jun 1961 Coed-y-Mwstwr Woods Cave South Wales Rock fall Tony Lewis [8]
Sep 1961 Ball Eye Mine Peak District Fall George Keeling [8]
Nov 1963 Hillhead Mine Peak District Fall John Birch Not a caving incident - boy fell down shaft[8]
Jan 1962 Hell Hole Yorkshire Dales Drowned Eban Beeves [8][23][24]
Oct 1962 Alum Pot Yorkshire Dales Fall John Hopley [16]
Mar 1963 Deep Ecton Mine Peak District Diving Garry McElliott [8]
May 1963 Mandale Mine Peak District Drowned Roger Low [8]
Nov 1963 Marble Steps Pot Yorkshire Dales Drowned Mike McShea [25]
Mar 1963 Longwood Swallet Mendip Hypothermia Heather Muirhead [26]
Mar 1964 Lancaster Hole Yorkshire Dales Diving Alan Clegg [27]
Jun 1966 Porth yr Ogof South Wales Drowned B. Speakman [5]
Jan 1967 Alum Pot Yorkshire Dales Fall The casualty was under instruction at the time[16][28]
Feb 1967 Carlswark Cavern Peak District Drowned Robert MacDonald On 'adventure training'[16]
Jun 1967 Mossdale Caverns Yorkshire Dales Drowned Dave Adamson
Geoffrey Boireau
William Frakes
John Ogden
Michael Ryan
Colin Vickers		 The bodies were later interred in the far reaches of cave[1][29]
Oct 1967 Sunset Hole Yorkshire Dales Fall Eric Luckhurst Rescue formed basis of Sid Perou's film "Sunday at Sunset Pot"[16]
Aug 1968 Porth yr Ogof South Wales Drowned Anthony Stannard [5]
Mar 1969 Meregill Hole Yorkshire Dales Hypothermia Christopher Hay [16][30]
Aug 1969 Ease Gill Caverns Yorkshire Dales Rock fall Duncan Glasford [31]
Sep 1970 Pollanaffrin Northern Ireland Natural causes Mick Mulligan [8]
Oct 1970 Keld Head Yorkshire Dales Diving Alan Erith Remains found 5 years later[16][28]
Oct 1970 Porth yr Ogof South Wales Drowned Stephen Sedgewick [5]
Feb 1971 Porth yr Ogof South Wales Drowned Paul Esser [5]
May 1971 Weathercote Cave Yorkshire Dales Rock fall [28]
Sep 1971 Swinsto Hole Yorkshire Dales Fall [28]
Aug 1972 Firehose Cave Scotland Drowned Peter Clements [32]
Mar 1973 Knotlow Mine Peak District Drowned Alan Evans [8]
May 1973 Wood Mine Peak District Drowned Paul Shaw [8]
July 1973 Porth yr Ogof South Wales Drowned Graham Alston Trainee soldier on exercise[5]
Sep 1973 Eldon Hole Peak District Fall Sulo Sulonen [33]
Apr 1974 Holme Gill Cave Yorkshire Dales Fall Peter Trousdale [8]
Jun 1974 Ogof Agen Allwedd South Wales Diving Roger Solari [34]
July 1974 Merlin's Cave Peak District Diving John Smith [35]
Dec 1974 Gaping Gill Yorkshire Dales Fall David Huxtable Considered to be the UK's first SRT fatality[36]
Sep 1975 Ireby Fell Cavern Yorkshire Dales Fall S. Hughes [37]
Feb 1976 Oxlow Cavern Peak District Fall Stephen Nunwick [8][16]
Mar 1976 Alum Pot Yorkshire Dales Fall Not a caving incident - a walker fell down the main shaft[38]
May 1976 Langstroth Pot Yorkshire Dales Drowned Martin Blackburn
Brian Fox
Donald Southern		 Encountered foul air whilst free-diving[2]
Aug 1976 Royal Hopping Mine Peak District Rock fall Leslie Wheeler [8]
May 1977 Blayshaw Gill Pot Yorkshire Dales Rock fall John Rhodes [8][39]
Sep 1977 Ilam Rising Peak District Diving Mike Nelson [16][40]
Oct 1979 Cote Gill Pot Yorkshire Dales CO poisoning Richard Marvel
John Staniforth		 Result of using high explosives[41]
Dec 1979 Ogof Ffynnon Ddu South Wales Drowned J. Fitton
D.Gough		 Washed away[42]
Mar 1980 Bull Pot of the Witches Yorkshire Dales Diving Ian Plant [43]
Aug 1980 GB Cave Mendip Natural causes Ian Miller [16][44]
Oct 1980 Top Sink Yorkshire Dales Fall Tracy Gibson [45]
Nov 1980 Keld Head Yorkshire Dales Diving Mark Woodhoouse [46]
Feb 1981 Pollnacrom Northern Ireland Diving David Woods Body not recovered[47]
July 1981 Porth yr Ogof South Wales Drowned Adrian Luck [5]
Nov 1981 Wookey Hole Mendip Diving Keith Potter [48]
May 1982 Gaping Gill Yorkshire Dales Fall Edward Holstead [49]
May 1982 Diccan Pot Yorkshire Dales Natural causes Anthony Mosedale [50]
Jun 1982 Sunset Pot Yorkshire Dales Drowned Neofitos Savva [49]
Aug 1982 Ireby Fell Cavern Yorkshire Dales Fall John Martin [51]
Nov 1982 Gaping Gill Yorkshire Dales Fall Robert Watson [51]
Dec 1984 Eldon Hole Peak District Fall Margaret Lewis Not a caving incident - dog walker slipped[8]
Jan 1985 Hurtle Pot Yorkshire Dales Diving Derek Crossland [52]
Feb 1985 Bagshawe Cavern Peak District Drowned Mark Dowset [8]
Nov 1985 Lancaster Hole Yorkshire Dales Drowned David James [53]
Jan 1986 Longwood Swallet Mendip Rock fall Atilla Kurucz [16][54]
Mar 1986 Rowten Pot Yorkshire Dales Drowned David Anderson Rescue team member on rescue[55]
May 1986 Dale Head Pot Yorkshire Dales Drowned James Taylor [56]
July 1986 Porth yr Ogof South Wales Natural causes Gwynfor Hughes [5]
Sept 1986 Gaping Gill Yorkshire Dales Fall Mr. Parrington Not a caving incident - a walker fell down the main shaft[57]
Apr 1988 unnamed cave Yorkshire Dales Diving Nick Whaite [58]
May 1988 Ease Gill Caverns Yorkshire Dales Rock fall Janet Barnfield
Michael Preece
David Simpson		 [4]
Aug 1988 Uamh Claig-ionn Scotland Hypothermia Charles Butterworth [59]
Feb 1989 Jib Tunnel Yorkshire Dales Hypothermia Keith Mann [60]
May 1989 Ivy Green Cave Peak District unknown Michael Boulton Not a caving incident - remains found May 1990 [61]
Aug 1989 Lancaster Hole Yorkshire Dales Fall [8]
Feb 1990 Kingsdale Master Cave Yorkshire Dales Drowned Phil Tamms [62]
July 1991 Jacob's Mine Peak District Rock fall Stephen Goodwin [8][63]
Nov 1991 Sell Gill Holes Yorkshire Dales Natural causes Francis Hardy [8][63]
Jun 1992 Porth yr Ogof South Wales Drowned Amanda Stead [64]
Jun 1992 Joint Hole Yorkshire Dales Drowned Martin McMahon [65]
Oct 1992 Porth yr Ogof South Wales Drowned Graham Lipp [66]
Jan 1993 Simpson Pot Yorkshire Dales Drowned Michael David Jones Washed into Kingsdale Master Cave sump[67]
Feb 1994 Lost Johns' Cave Yorkshire Dales Rock fall Paul Lyons [68]
July 1994 Dismal Hill Cave Yorkshire Dales Diving Trevor Kemp [69]
Oct 1994 Old Ing Cave Yorkshire Dales Drowned Peter Ball [70]
Nov 1994 Cotswold stone mine Cotswolds Natural causes Bob Fairclough [71]
Jan 1995 Marble Arch Caves Northern Ireland Drowned Con Cormican
Brian Kennedy
Philip Marshall		 [3]
May 1995 Calf Holes Yorkshire Dales Natural causes Management training exercise[72]
July 1995 Jib Tunnel Yorkshire Dales Fall Lee Craddock Not a caving incident - boy Scout on organised outing[73]
Aug 1996 Quaking Pot Yorkshire Dales Fall Christine Bleakley [74]
May 1997 Lancaster Hole Yorkshire Dales Fall Michael Jeffries [75]
Dec 1998 Pont-y-Meirw South Wales Diving Peter Fowler [76]
Nov 2000 Lancaster Hole Yorkshire Dales Drowned Howard Rothwell

[77]

Feb 2001 Ireby Fell Cavern Yorkshire Dales Drowned Julian Carrol
Ray Lea		 [78]
Jun 2002 Ingleborough Cave Yorkshire Dales Natural causes Not a caving incident - tourist in show cave[79]
July 2002 Porth yr Ogof South Wales Drowned Kevin Sharman [80]
Sept 2004 Notts Pot Yorkshire Dales Fall Paula Szajnowska [81]
Mar 2005 Low Birkwith Cave Yorkshire Dales Diving Colin Pryer [82]
Nov 2005 Manchester Hole Yorkshire Dales Hypothermia Joseph Lister School boy on supervised trip[83]
Mar 2006 Upper Flood Swallet Mendip Natural causes Malcolm Cotter [84]
Mar 2006 Astonhill Swallet Peak District Rock fall David Briggs [84]
Aug 2006 Meregill Skit Yorkshire Dales Natural causes Mike Wooding Died of natural causes whilst diving[85]
Dec 2007 Giant's Hole Peak District Hypothermia [86]
Dec 2007 Lower Long Churn Yorkshire Dales Drowned Caroline Fletcher
Stuart Goodwill

[87]

Mar 2008 White Scar Cave Yorkshire Dales Natural causes Not a caving incident - tourist in show cave[88]
Jul 2008 Disused mine shaft Scotland Hypothermia Alison Hume Not a caving incident - fall down mine shaft[89]
Apr 2011 Pwll-y-Cym South Wales Diving Bonnie Cotier [90]

Breakdown of fatalities by cause and area

The following table summarises the major causes of fatality in UK caving by cause and by area. Non-caving incidents listed above have been excluded. The commonest cause of fatality in the UK is drowning - accounting for over half the deaths when cave diving is included, and almost 40% when diving is excluded. The second major cause of fatality is falling from height, accounting for 17% of non-diving fatalities, closely followed by rock fall which accounts for 12% of fatalities.

Area Diving Drowned Fall Rock fall Hypothermia Natural causes Other Total
Mendip 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 8
Northern Ireland   1 3 0 0 0 1 0 5
Peak District 3 5 4 3 3 0 1 198
South Wales 3 12 0 1 0 1 0 17
Yorkshire Dales   8 26 17 9 5 4 2 71
Other 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3
Total 17 47 21 15 11 9 3 123

Breakdown of fatalities by cause and decade

The following table summarises the major causes of fatality in UK caving by decade. Non-caving incidents listed above have been excluded. The changes from decade to decade partly reflect the different numbers of active cavers, partly changing techniques, and partly improved equipment.

Decade Diving Drowned Fall Rock fall Hypothermia Natural causes Other Total
1910s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1920s 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
1930s 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
1940s 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
1950s 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 8
1960s 2 12 4 3 2 0 0 23
1970s 4 11 6 3 0 1 2 27
1980s 6 6 5 4 2 3 0 26
1990s 2 9 2 2 0 3 0 18
2000s 1 6 1 1 2 2 0 13
2010s 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 17 47 21 15 11 9 3 123

References

Notes

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  2. ^ a b "Langstroth deaths - foul air blamed". Descent (34): 18. August 1976.
  3. ^ a b Kelly, John (Apr–May 1995). "Marble Arch fatalities". Descent (123): 18.
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  9. ^ Lovelock (1963), p. 117
  10. ^ Eyre (1988), pp. 32–36.
  11. ^ Lovelock (1963), pp. 98–99.
  12. ^ Lovelock (1963), pp. 108–109.
  13. ^ Lovelock (1963), pp. 109–110.
  14. ^ Lovelock (1963), pp. 61–64.
  15. ^ Lovelock (1963), pp. 99–101.
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  30. ^ Eyre (1988), pp. 89 90.
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  32. ^ "News in Descent". Descent (23): 23. April 1973.
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  34. ^ "Agen, Allwedd, Llangattock". The Cave Diving Group Newsletter (33): 14. October 1974.
  35. ^ "Merlin's Cave Eyam". The Cave Diving Group Newsletter (33): 15. October 1974.
  36. ^ "Britain's first SRT fatality". Descent (31): 4. May–June 1975.
  37. ^ Eyre (1988), p. 195.
  38. ^ Eyre (1988), p. 196.
  39. ^ UWFRA (1998), p. 164.
  40. ^ Eyre (1988), p. 197.
  41. ^ "Blasting fumes kill two cavers in Yorkshire accident". Descent (44): 4–5. January–February 1980.
  42. ^ "Inquest findings on two drowned in Welsh cave". Descent (45): 21–22. March–April 1980.
  43. ^ "Ian Plant dies in Yorkshire cave dive". Descent (45): 4. March–April 1980.
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  45. ^ "Top Sink Fatality". Caves & Caving (11): 75. February 1981.
  46. ^ "Diving fatality in Keld Head". Descent (47): 5. January–February 1981.
  47. ^ Farr, Martyn (March–April 1981). "Irish cave diver drowned in Pollnacrom". Descent (48): 15.
  48. ^ Danilewicz, C.J. (March–April 1982). "Obituary: Keith Potter". Descent (51): 5.
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  52. ^ Chilton, Toby (March–April 1985). "Derek Crossland". Descent (63): 9.
  53. ^ Boothroyd, Colin (Jan–Feb 1986). "David James - drowned in Lancaster". Descent (86): 7.
  54. ^ Moody, Peter (Jan–Feb 1986). "Falling boulder kills caver on Mendip". Descent (68): 10.
  55. ^ Boothroyd, Colin (May–June 1986). "Rescuer dies in Rowten Pot search". Descent (86): 12.
  56. ^ "Tragedy follows Dales deluge". Descent (70): 5. May–June 1986.
  57. ^ Eyre (1988), p. 202.
  58. ^ Boothroyd, Colin (June–July 1988). "Diver dies in unlined attempt on new sump". Descent (82): 12.
  59. ^ Jeffries, Alan (Oct–Nov 1988). "Cave fatality in Argyll". Descent (84): 11.
  60. ^ Round, Steve (1989). "A death in Gaping Ghyll". Caves & Caving (44). British Cave Research Association: 18.
  61. ^ Beck, John (Aug–Sept 1990). "The sad case of Michael Boulton". Descent (18): 12. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  62. ^ Bass, Malcom (Apr–May 1990). "Fatality in West Kingsdale Master Cave". Descent (93): 10.
  63. ^ a b "BCRC incident report 1991". Descent (106): 28. Jul–SAug 1992. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  64. ^ Farr, Martyn (Aug–Sept 1992). "Death at Porth yr Ogof". Descent (107): 12. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  65. ^ Cockfield, David (Aug–Sept 1992). "Joint Hole fatality". Descent (107): 9. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  66. ^ Flanagan, Tony (Dec–Jan 1992/1993). "Vale: Graham Lipp". Descent (109): 6. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  67. ^ Pickup, Jack (1993). "Incident in Simpson Pot, Kingsdale Master Cave Sunday January 10th". Caves & Caving (59). British Cave Research Association: 12.
  68. ^ Monico, Paul (Apr–May 1994). "Lost John's fatality". Descent (117): 16.
  69. ^ Monico, Paul (Oct–Nov 1994). "Birkwith fatality". Descent (120): 10.
  70. ^ Holland, Ian (Dec–Jan 1994/1995). "Birkwith fatality". Descent (121): 8. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  71. ^ Hawkins, Kingsley (DFeb–Mar 1995). "Vale: Bob Fairlcough". Descent (122): 6. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  72. ^ "BRCC Incident Report 1995". Descent (130): 28. June–July 1996.
  73. ^ "Fatality at Gaping Gill". Descent (126): 10. Oct–Nov 1995.
  74. ^ "Quaking fatality". Descent (133): 17. Dec–Jan 1996/1997. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  75. ^ Monico, Paul (Aug–Sep 1997). "Lancaster Hole fatality". Descent (137): 11.
  76. ^ Howes, Chris (Feb–Mar 1999). "Fatality in Pont-y-Meirw". Descent (146): 10.
  77. ^ "Lancaster fatality". Descent (158): 10. Feb–Mar 2001.
  78. ^ Speight, Alan (Apr–May 2001). "Twin fatalities in Ireby Fell Cavern". Descent (159): 10.
  79. ^ Descent (172). Oct–Nov 2002. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  80. ^ Howes, Chris (Oct–Nov 2002). "Another fatality at Porth yr Ogof". Descent (168): 12.
  81. ^ "Notts Pot fatality". Descent (181): 16. Dec–Jan 2004/2005. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  82. ^ "Rescue and tragedy". Descent (183): 8. Apr–May 2005.
  83. ^ "School trip fatality". Descent (188): 6. Feb–Mar 2006.
  84. ^ a b "The Rescues of 2006". Descent (196): 123. Jun–Jul 2006.
  85. ^ Ryall, Dave (Oct–Nov 2006). "Farewell Mike Wooding". Descent (192): 14.
  86. ^ "Giant's fatality". Descent (200): 16. Feb–Mar 2008.
  87. ^ "Double Long Churn fatality". Descent (200): 13. Feb–Mar 2008.
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Sources

  • UWFRA (1998). Anytime...Anywhere. Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association.
  • Lovelock, James (1963). Life and Death Underground. London: G. Bell & Sons, Ltd.
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