When it came time to cook the smelly corned fish, Momma would unstring the ones she wanted and boil them several times in hot water to draw off the heavy laver of salt and tenderize the fish.

Prime Minister Yu Kuo-hwa went to the mine, near Juifang, to supervise rescue efforts. He was joined by the Economics and Interior Ministers.

The late David Kennedy, the eininent Scottish vocalist, sang it with great birr.

He emerged unscathed from the accident.