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Scouts rescued

Monday 24 August 1992 23:02 BST
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Two Scouts and their leader were rescued when torrential rain flooded a cave half-a-mile underground at Lionel's Hole in the Mendip Hills, Somerset. After their escape route was waterlogged, the three from Wellington, Somerset, huddled on a ledge for six hours as the water rose, until the Mendip Cave Rescue Team reached them and led them to safety.

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