- Date
-
1st Mar 1985
approximate
- Publication
-
ACA 1984-1985
p. 406
- Cave
- Mill Creek Cave
- State
- Tennessee
- County
- Unknown
- Country
- United States of America
- Category
- Cave
- Incident type
- Stranded
- Group type
- Unknown
- Group size
- 2
- Aid type
- Unknown
- Source
- Unknown
- Incident flags
-
Injured cavers
No injured cavers recorded.
Incident report
Two cavers entered Mill Creek Cave on an overcast day. Two hours later they returned to the entrance room to find the entrance sumped. They had a 19 hour wait for the flood to recede enough to allow them to exit.
Summary
Two cavers were stranded in Mill Creek Cave for 19 hours due to entrance sump caused by flooding.
References
- Speleonews June 1985, p 59
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