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London, England, 1827-05-19 00:00:00

THE THAMES TUNNEL

A. aripirsl alarm was excited yesterday evening at
Rotbodithe, in consequence of the water bursting sate
the Tunnel from above, while upwards of 120 walk.
men were engaged below. For some days past the
earth through which the miners were hoeing was of meh
* description as to admit a leakage from the River of
400 or SOO gallons a minute, but as they were ap.
proaching a more favourable soil, no apprehensions of
any danger or interruption were entertained until about
Six o'cloCk yesterday evening, when the men engaged
at the extremity of the excavation observed the leakage
to increase rapidly, and in a few nunnenu afterwards a
portion of the earth gave way, and the water rushed
'down in a torrent.. The workmen fled towards the shaft
in the greatest terror, and tittering toed cries of alarm,
while the water mulled thee them -with great rapidity.
They ascended the ladder five at a, time, and succeeded
in reaching the top in safety, all but one iadividual,
who was missing for a few minutes. He was soon,
however, observed to be scrupling in the water in the
shaft, where it had by this time risen to a considerable
heiht., Mr: Brunel...punier, immediately descended to
hislid, and succeeded in rescuing him from his pelisse
situation, at the moment tbSt his iueogth was ahem
exhausted. From calculations made by the engineer,
from the progress of the waver in the shaft, it is
posed that abost a cubical foot of the earth under
River must have fallen into the- Tunnel, where. it

recently been excavated, and before tbelwickwark
been raised to support it. It is attrilistied to what
when call " a fault" in the soil.—thet is, the =sag
glebe two layers of earth, where the water has
the least difficulty in insinuating itself. The
does not state his apprehension of any considers e
'traction. arising from this accident, to the progress
the work. He expects to have the water all per
out in a week or two, and be then able to resume
operations. The greatest difficulty with which he
have to contend will be, the dread which this alarm
will have left in the minds of the workmen. As

nerally the case on such occasione, the accounts .
circulated in the neighbourhood were full of naggers.
tioo. It is Matter of congratulation, that when the'
of so many individuals were suddenly placed in
imminent jeopardy, none were lost. Besides the
lien, there were two or duce. visitors in the mail
the time, one of whom was a female, whose feet, in
retreat, were actually washed by the water ; and
she excavators, it is said, was obliged to dive nada
saw engines to reach the stairs. • When the attisits
first octurrid, the secretary believing that the
had given way, and that all was lost, sent commseica•
doss to that effect to each of the directors, and was'
assossary towards exciting that alarm which he
gutsily discovered it to be his and his employers
rest to check.
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