The World - News from Jan. 26, 1989
Rescuers pulled eight more bodies from a Peruvian gold mine that collapsed after feuding miners reportedly set fires below ground. Officials held out little hope for about 100 miners who remain trapped. The officials said the mine had not been used commercially for about a year but that area farmers and others have been mining it independently for extra cash. Earlier, rescuers withstood deadly fumes caused by a combination of smoke and gases in the mine while pulling three men alive from the rubble and recovering six bodies. The mine is near Nazca, 230 miles south of Lima.
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