The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-03 00:00:00

THE LUNDHILL COLLIERY
,EXPLOSION.

Upwards of a week has now elapsed: since the coma
mencement of operations for emptying the pit, during
which time the proceedings have, gone on with the
greatest rapidity, and no interruptions hive taken place.
Rumours have been t.flo at, on several occasions, that some
nations of the bodies of the unfortunate men killed by
the explosion have been -drawn out. with the water.- On
visiting the pit, yesterday, we found that these reports
had no foundation, and that nothing had as yet been
drawn out along with the water except 'pieces of wood
and other debris. The pit presents a busy scene, A good
number of workmen being employed in various occupa-
tions connected with the clearing of the shaft, and.
preparing for the recovery of the bodies, with all possible
despatch, after an entrance is obtained into the mine:
A number .of the bodies will be found at the bottom
of the shaft, having been brought there for the
purpose of being , smt out before the pit was •sealed,
if they do not (and it is thought probable by some)
rise to the surface of the water in, the ,shaft, after the
wat r becomes lessened. The gentlemen who haveundera
. taken the emptying of the pit, believing ,that -when the
water sets unroofed it' is more than probable that the
body of gas which has been forced back by the water
may 'escape, with a view to , prevent another explosion,
have issued peremptory orders against the use of lights,
and'smoking, in the vicinity of the pit, as well as pre-
venting persons from' appro,daing the.v%orks. On Tuesday
the. 24 h, when drawing commenced, the water was 60ft 6'tt'
in height; on Monday last, eight days after, it had decreased
about 14 feet. Sitite then, 110Wtire r, new buckets have been
fitted up, and it is expected that a larger quantity will be daily
drawn. A month, at least will elapse before the great num-,
ber of bodies will be reached, even if no considerable delay
takes place. Many of them, it is, to be feared, will have been
altogether consumed, particularly in the vicinity of the (and being dinner hour, there were a large nutn-
bar there), by the fire, which raged most fee. fully in
every part of the pit.
.considerable excitement 'Still
exists among the 'colliers in the neighbourhood, and the
slightest accident at any of the pits creates great alarm,
The subscription for the relief of the sufferers up to the
dpresent time amounts to nearly. £B,OOO, 'and the sugges.
on of . Josep'i Loike, M.P.--the forming of a
permanent fund for the relief of the. widows of• miners
killed by accident in coal pits, and the forming of au'
institution for the education and bringing up' of the.
children--is likely, to be carried out. The
has met with considerable encouragement, suggest i
no doubt bet that the colliery proprietors,
will
contribute towards the establishmentfah an- hft a
tution. oisnand there is

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Admiral Lvona has quitted the BosPhorus. r
It is said that the. King of Siam has sent an Ambassador
Extraordinary on a mission to Paris and London.
..ote Austrian troops, in their forced march out of the
Danubian Principalities at this early time of the year,
had severe difficulties to contend with. The Gazette of
Cronatadi(Transylvania) says that the soldiers and officers
had to walk through water up to their breasts in crossing •
the swollen streams and ditoli.3B of Upper Wallachia ; many
of the men lost• theirattalr'and Shako, but none are men.,
tioned as having perished.
Tau Rov.a. Barrisn BANK.—Mr. Apsley Pellatt has
been examined at great length. He left the bank in
1850. He objected to the loan for the Welsh works,
and he had carried the board with him, but to his utter
surprise he found at the next meeting that a finance com-
mittee had advanced the whole sum. He went down to,
Wales, saw the works; and, in consequeuee'ordered
shares to he sold. He also resigned, on the ground that. .
the board was plunging into a dangerous and umbanking
transaction. He had previously believed the cotigero, to
be safe and solvent. " "