, 1877-05-07
A THRILLING STORY.

prl.b,7ed Ten Days In an INUNDATED 11lno
IAN Evont Which Asousei1 the Sympathy
Of Alt England and Its Queen.
core:pondtnet = Sto lort Ver'd.
LIVERPOOL. Apr'i Sl'-Dnrms per'oa oi
nearly ten oeyS q tesflb'c natt'e las nee' raging
IN t1e He!ah eolilesy Of 1rocoJtn'"' patt!s
IN "hie" ueath saVaFe'S tousht IN ono e'uo
ana the ~ ofaVe miners u ro".ypF'ou ~, On tae
olief' LUG ta'e ono that VIII hse long
III LUG no1hes Oh the Haonuua sa'Iey' II
stosy tno actp'ts Vi WINCH ila'e oesh give"
aay W ua5! w" ",''e'' hRs s.,f1co ~ ."c
u"stt.ost ]. ~ oepsuS vi. as,npa."es " NV
n"H"sn peop.e' a''u s""ssco sns eathee. eoi'e4-
.aoe u t"o 3uee1 ne'ee"' Ivy a..e. Wy st,eo
tno stfahgo cai"fh'ty oeeuifeo "a'eh e'oseu
numpef o. aapleas miners ~ As'ns tomp' tuc
nset ua"ea 'os "anc, s"e ne~sPapes "aa
seascl'eo ~ every A""sesosa taeas, "ss nssn sae
!atcst report ,,. rum .na1 uteauu, tfoeuss-
III" a''nc' ,"nea toc ne"s s,, naa osea
public sympathy aud interest gradually
quickcucd into on absorbing anxiety, wl,lc], con-
vcrtcd tbc ,,at,le warcd 40 ionr and car,cstly
,erisn r IT, lms .n oa'ss ..a,t .o !, o s.
ncsday, the 12th Inst, 1ust rs the day-shift COL
liers wcrc quitting the Trocdyrhiw pit, when the
rntastront,c occurrrt. 4orao last ipcarfio,,s
bluw, or sorne accidental brcacl.of wal, or vein,
burst tue ta'h partition WHICH hclu oaeS sass
concealed reservoir Of subtcrranean water,
when suddenly. with rush like
that Of On angry tneenias ssa
plask CoeytuS o1 ho&o otohe III upon tno
mine. Filling the lower galleries apd the bot
tom Of tic shatts, driving befurc IL ths atmos-
nhcrc fron every nortton of the WORKINGS. th1s
pnsae '.ua IIsry , po.'. . ~ ~ 49, ~ .u'
mysterious uefoge cut oA t"o paFtes u ineni
who escaped with difficulty ffou thc peril OF
immediate drowning only to tln1 themselves
in,n,urei1 In tho frat anl SECOND afllts Of tlc
,,,aa ,,.arast .,,o rnror sl.t,s NJ sn,,nor ras
n't,u ~ heAest 'Ao "pp'4 DIa4 ~ e's' ;" ~
II Known That nuu'Dcf o1 opefatives
were mlsstng than scores OF brave,
l,arly volunteers were Forthcoming to
-, ~. ..,'.,. T.. an 49,. a.a,. ,'1
oeseehuea 'ae sas's' WHICH - "to 4eet osep, a"9
entered tue workings. It was ttlan ascertaincu
that alt the workings within = fcw hundred
yar1s a, tbo bottom Of the shaft were allct1 with
,,n,or ~ AZ, 80, ,r,i mr. ,,orc was cntertoirm1
Muss w.. ~ ,,c c re, IT, ~ ~ s,y".,' e,xa Ma
t Wy s"r .,sut,ius. a. n what v".
nne srt phnn ~ oe fntS knrnos we're
tsat"r1 ~ w. ~ ~ T. tbTr,y ~ 1ory fst
sssaa. na Ut ase7 ~. ~ 81. 1,ecrvcrv ,noic
u thau e'ase . seoro vi of men @ threw '' III % thsir
as;Fs,s 4heagS 4a %9th n. oanars aoa sa f.
, "efe a!so 2. % WofK , ,n, sne
lnr cnssy ~ ccere mi "arM atroraMeI Gy Tie
knocking a'!l sounds ot labor q Tie ii,prlsoncda 1
m ne-fnrTsI .1s T., tc'. vassr Int .sh wa. ;ho
1rottsnss or tn"9sc tat o tbr tolawinv n,ornInr
napaisdI .tsmnr "" ttro,,"l, mn. hnf" Ina
nnno ' ,xara @ snat , y n Luz p1 p ncne 'o
tar.iG "r,,n.in,, rs.r,r~ri ,p,i ,nr n fic i'm.
r,ss""sa ,efmo. waved Wnrae,.' M xa4 hnr,et
~. i'.'',g ,rnr., t,,r r,,sa,rr. fn,,,,f lin,
H." naa ivy n 'n Sra 10, s "s
ASAAs AAV 'nA-ANAShcN .'%~~. 1~N" H' 80
Mn fnrrn ~ thsa ,m, rrnt iar.. th,, vnte1 frun,
~ IT, ua tn r. a tas HePs ns ~ hs
smoi ~ t'o'n INV was ~ cit hy siorpnn,s rnan,iril tfs
~" pdo pooy t'G s ts aa s ana nt;ss s
tuaa ra,oht ito -, ~ xrriacc 3 nn I@ nmeJatrr
folloEinR Tho four living mel, were brourii
v aai as,ye[sa % itS ,..t ths E hsaas =. :! $
Tit nissfr,s nthcrs xcrc r,ot,rn,,e ovrr trtcnls
iii i"1n,,rs, ~ ia ,,tf AMI n snt,re IL" ~
1,,'ta.s @ttu ,x,iiiu ~ i,mI. " n.f a;u,, many
n,rss az n ~ W.T. nmr. mara u l,noeti,ss was
~ y"r,. IT,, te;r reIcasc,'Hcl
iows si',,t IN n n rhn,nber ri r,',nnrrste. nir
icadinr 1s ant t. ri a gallery which tho watcr Ind
snt!rs nl!sa, rue S,l'st epA ot th,s ,s sa",1s, M
euo,5 ,;,s ~rn;,, ou'" wos ' ,notbcr na..nrr
tiiits' 1rtt wntor i1Ivc,s attcnntei to pcmetrat
ti;1s 1nttcr m mas nnssu1. hui ia1led. and II wae
W. 80 .ss IeaGea n Tnrov ~ fe1io9a
AE w. !,,an l'~ihhI whn shaI yni,utnssc,a ior fns tast
tn9 em wy ny ~ ns,ant ravs ~ ~ !, taS n
wolAeI Sutteusf " .os'ahs tYev ~, - ys ~
asaHs6nE ~ ~ ,hoa, sreu thcIr imor,soas es
~ "u Ts,n su .,..s,. ~. ,t~Ht thrnr fcrt T.
49,, ~ pa' ,ise, "arrtaS ~, ~ ~ ~ ~
a tna c" safeu I.aat W ae ei9 ~" ;n,r
tueis naua . aI .hs a.so,,o ss ,oii1rvsnwnc
SsL 70 eaess te WI ~; sv, a.at aix, r. sra.n
m9t1a .st ~ M1ss ian1 hcsmt,,, i,nn3 ~ ;I"rs
g. Gorsr rst,ors ~ tsn a, ssps epr s,aT IN
aay te ssscae.s eae eat sSia .hm tnt
y hf. Nv yors ds ,nincr a.kri iiew ~ uany Inn g 8
Tou aIe tnssc AG fspy eso ~. uaEa, H.. +, s.
~ was tncn asksa aase s !ttf !nu assu
ls ana%se VI npt ,a;.. sIt e,cin..!a g.,
no nlaXe haste. 5hot14y n1te9 ~ oetoeA "
tnuay mo91ing, LUG -na iost't H. ;.o,,'F,. W.
known tha& tha men Mou.u ,.3t,,, ~ Housn !
Out a!fe, anu e., messac i.,,, TntGn .;,lla Salm
W 70 snas S.sSt u.e% aos,M ssissAS ,,s.' .Hes
from lne s1eea Je1ma atuu ,.' G ~ xiiss, fnsS
that was te-ecopea aton 9te 9'u " ~ TM'1 y,
tns osnGs ns"sen Iu sa t,,s,. ~ =. ..,,;t ~
ateInoon tno aeh MoMaI uscu s .. .us Ia,i
wv uafs top,u . II I'M. Et,,.i MAJ y,
| cA4Ao 4uk1 t1@e skAt VI 4@J e4'N oates1et ~