incident at Unidentified Cave

Date
24th Mar 1973
Publication
ACA 1973 p. 7
Cave
Unidentified Cave
State
Alabama
County
Unknown
Country
United States of America
Category
Cave
Incident type
Rockfall
Group type
Military
Group size
Unknown
Aid type
Body recovery
Source
Unknown
Incident flags
   

Injured cavers

Name Age Sex Injuries Injured areas
Brown, Randall L. 20 Male Death Not recorded

Incident report

Army Private Randall L. Brown (20) was killed by a cave-in of dirt while exploring a cave near Fort Rucker. A companion, Private Daniel A. Harvey, tried unsuccessfully to rescue him before a rescue team removed the body two hours later.

Incident analysis

The newspaper article gave no description of the cave. An accident like this would be more likely to occur in a mine shaft than a limestone cave.

References

  1. Anon. (1973) "Services Set for Tulsa GI Killed in Cave-In." Tulsa World.
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