\ Which type of resource are newspaper accounts written at the time an event occurred?

The resource the newspapers use are the people who have seen the event and know it, so the journalists will seek the help of the people who witnessed a particular event

straight down to hell mate

well that depends on how deep the hole is. you'd first go through te crust of the earth, then the upper mantle, then the lower mantle then the outer core, then the inner cor then you'd be stuck in the core to melt.