...horizontal passages. It had been customary for some time past to bore in various direction* Upon thelines the men were working, in order to ascertain whether...enabled to make their escape. In a very short time, the water closed up the lower mouth of the shaft ; and that night it rose to the height of -24 fathoms....

...• any body of water lay concealed in the adjacent cavities. This precaution was about to be put ip practice at nine o'clock on Wednesday the 3d of May...o'clock in the morning,) a dreadful rush of water dame through the roof in the north-west part of the colliery, and continued to flow with such rapidity,...

...proceeded in with the utmost caution. The mine was very much subject to what the colliers call the creep, •which is a gradual filling up of the horizontal...enabled to make their escape. In a very short time, the water closed up the lower mouth of the shaft; and that night it rose to the height of 24 fathoms. Some...

...proceeded in with the utmost caution. The mine was very much subject to what the colliers call the creep, which is a gradual filling up of the horizontal passages....and continued to flow with such rapidity, that only 30 men and boy* were enabled to make their escape. In a very short time, the water closed up the lower...

...was about to be put in practice at nine o'clock on Wednesday the 3rd of May ; but before that lime had arrived, (between three and four o'clock in the...enabled to make their escape. In a very short time, the water closed up the lower mouth of the shaft ; and that night it rose to the height of 2* fathoms....

...proceeded iit with the utmost caution. The mine was very much subject to what the colliers call the creep; which is a gradual filling up of the horizontal passages....colliery, and continued to flow with such rapidity, that oiiljr 20 men and boys were enabled to make their escape. In a very short time, the Water closed up...