The Rescuers Down Under, the 1990 Disney animated sequel to the 1977 film
Near Olómpali (north of present day Novato) they met up with troops who had come from Sonoma in hopes of rescuing two American rebels who had been captured and (unbeknownst to their would-be rescuers) shot.
Those who were picked up by rescuers were taken to hospitals in Kishanganj and Islampur, which were also overwhelmed by the scale of the disaster.
As the rescuers struggled in vain to rescue the men trapped underground, Queen Victoria sent messages of condolence.
Before Britain's first mines rescue station opened at Tankersley in Yorkshire in 1902, pit managers and volunteers were usually the first untrained mines rescuers.
Pabst took an actual historical event, a mining accident in 1906 in Courrières, France, where rescue efforts were hampered by the lack of trained mine rescuers.
The town served as a base for rescuers in the aftermath of the 2010 Arkansas floods.
Her most famous work is The Rescuers series about a mouse named Miss Bianca, which was later adapted in two animated feature films, The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under by Disney.
One of the other rescuers, future famous American journalist Barry Farber called this the greatest act of courage he has ever seen in his life.
An RAF Avro Shackleton from Gibraltar criss-crossed the area, pinpointing boats and survivors and guiding rescuers to them.