incident at Mill Creek Cave

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

  1. Speleonews June 1985, p 59
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