The Express.
London, England, 1857-04-24 00:00:00

RECOVERY OF BODIES FROM TEE LUNDMILL

MINE.

On Tuesday afternoon, the volunteers selected to
commence operations for the reowery of the bodies assembled
at the pit, and were arranged into tin &hill., to work four
hours each, to be under the control of Messrs. Brown,
Webster, R. Madison, W. Meddison, Potter, and Palmer,
the gentlemen who have carried oat the instructions of the
e. Bech shift amigo done of the above gentlemen
.

AiITT/clock on Tureday night, all the arrangements
having been completed, the first party, under the command
of Mr. Brown, commenced the search for the bodies of the
unfortunate men. After being in the pit foe Meet tee cum,
the men exerting themselves to the utmost, bees bodies tows
found, and shortly after three o'clock in the seetatag they
were drawn to the top, met at cam placed In saes sod con-
veyed to the shed erected for that purpose.
The next shift commenced at four o'clock, ender Mr.
Ralph Idaddisun, and the men had not been keg to the pit
before a fourth body was found and brought to the top.
The bodies were all much decompseed —in bet, two were
mere trunks—the legs of one being entirely gene, having
evidently been burnt by the fire after the explosion. Two
of them were without clothing and unable to be recognised.
It was considered probable that the other two could be
identified, as they had some portion of their clothing on, and
sea tobacco-box was found in the trousers pocket of one of
them. As it was believed to be impossible that two of theta
could be identified arrangements were at once made by the
authorities for having thorn buried in Da:field churchyard, in
the graves commuted for the reception of the bodies.

TIM of the bodies were found near to the stables, where
the fire had raged to a fearful extant—one under the debris
at the bottom, and the other also in the immediate vicinity at
the bottom of the shaft.
On its being made known that four bodies had been reco-
vered during the night, • great number of the relatives of
the men proceeded to the shed on Wednesday morning to see
if they could identify the bodies. Up to Wednesday after-
noon, however, they had not been identified. In one case
the wife of one of the victims thought she recognised some
likeness in one of them to that of her husband; she re-
minassi the person in attendance to see whether the body had
lost a toe on one of the feet, m by that mains she, could tell
whether it woe her husband or not. On taking off the
stacking, however, it was found that the feet were perfect,
but the body was so far decompmed that the action of draw-
ing off the stocking pssbsd the flesh off along with it.
After the recovery of the bodies the men ware actively en-
ingaged making a rend through the debris and coal caused
by the fall of the roof ao that the dead horse.', which are •
great impediment to the progress of the work, may be got
out, and thus afford greater Anilines fur the Mailing and
bringing out of the bodies.
Before leaving the pit at lb/ twelve o'clock chill Mews.
Webster and Beaumont were enabled to make an examina-
tion of some of the workings in close proximity to thu bot-
tom of the Abaft. Thin they did by climbing over the fallen
not and creeping through places otherwise inaccessible.
Having explored the workings to a distaueu of 2,7,0 yards up
the south level, and 200 yards up the second south boardgate,
they were obliged to return in consequence of the foul sir
I they encountered.
The result of this examination was satisfactory, showing
that the fire had been completely extinguished, and setting
all fears on that point at rest.
In the event of the effluvia being too overpowering, on
the recommendation of l/r. Holland, a number of Sten-
house's charcoal respirators are provided fur those who like
to use them,

LUNDHILL, TuvneoAr, Noon.
Since the inspection of the mine by the engineers,
the men have gone on actively working to remove the (Aliso(
roof in the mine, which impede their progrees. The number
of bodies which have been recovered, up to the present time,
amounts to nine. The ninth was recovered this morning at
two o'clock. It was in the same state as the others—recog-
nition being impossible. Two of the four bodies which were
brought to bank yesterday were interred last night et Per-
gola church. The other three will be buried to-night at the
same place.
At the urgent request of many of the bereaved females,
they were allowed to inspect the bodies, but were not able to
identify any of them. Dr. Holland has sent down a large
number of charcoal respirators, which are used by the men,
and are found to be of great advantage to them.