 | 1814 - 558 pages
...head, another an arm. The scene was truly frightful. The power of the fire was visible upon them all ; but its effects were extremely various : while some...with sleep. The ventilation concluded on Saturday the lOlli of September, when the 91st body was dug from under a heap of stones. At six o'clock in the morning... | |
 | Thomas Thomson - 1813 - 514 pages
...head, another an arm. The scene was truly frightful. The power of the fire was visible upon them all ; but its effects were extremely various: while some...appeared as if they had sunk down overpowered with sleep. From an apprehension that the great body of fire-damp confined by the stoppings newly put into the... | |
 | Thomas Thomson - 1813 - 530 pages
...The scene was truly frightful. The power of the fire was visible upon them all ; but its effectswere extremely various : while some were almost torn to...appeared as if they had sunk down overpowered with sleep. From an apprehension that the great body of fire-damp confined by the stoppings newly put into the... | |
 | 1814 - 570 pages
...head, another an arm. The scene was truly frightful. The power of the fire was visible upon them all; but its effects were extremely various : while some...concluded on Saturday the 19th of September, when the 9 1 st body was dug from under a heap of stones. At six o'clock in the morning the pit was visited... | |
 | 1814 - 564 pages
...head, another an arm. The scene was truly frightful. The power of the fire was visible upon them all ; but its effects were extremely various : while some...were others who appeared as if they had sunk down over. powered with sleep. The ventilation concluded on Saturday the 19th of September, when the 91st... | |
 | 1814 - 556 pages
...overpowered with sleep. The ventilation concluded on Saturday the 19th of September, when the 9)st body was dug from under a heap of stones. At six o'clock in the morning the pit was visited by candle-light, which had not been used in it for the space of 11 7 days ; and at eleven o'clock in the... | |
 | William Burdick - 1814 - 240 pages
...another its arm. The scene was truly frightful. The power of the fire was visible upon them all — but its effects were extremely various ; while some were almost torn to pieces, others appeared as if overpowered by sleep. I know not to what extent the coal mines in this country... | |
 | 1814 - 242 pages
...another its arm. The scene was truly frightful. The power of the fire was visible upon them all— but its effects were extremely various ; while some were almost torn to pieces, others appeared as if overpowered by sleep. I know not to what extent the coal mines in this country... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 540 pages
...head, another an arm. The scene was truly frightful. The power of the fire was visible upon them all ; but its effects were extremely various : while some...appeared as if they had sunk down overpowered with sleep. From an apprehension that the great body of fire damp confmed by the stoppings newlv pat into the walks... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 546 pages
...head> another an arm. The scene was truly frightful. The power of the fire was visible upon them all ; but its effects were extremely various : while some...appeared as if they had sunk down overpowered with sleep. From an apprehension that the great body of fire-damp confined by the stoppings newly put into the... | |
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At the crane twenty-one bodies lay in ghastly confusion: some like mummies, scorched as dry as if they had been baked. One wanted its head, another an arm. The scene was truly frightful. The power of the fire was visible upon them all; but its effects... 
