 | Isambard Brunel - 1870 - 624 pàgines
...work. We began to work the ground at the west top corner of the frame : the tide had just then begun to flow ; and finding the ground tolerably quiet,...next six inches, the ground swelled suddenly, and a largo quantity burst through the opening thus made. This was followed instantly by a large body of... | |
 | James Mason - 1875 - 674 pàgines
...work. We began to work the ground at the west top comer of the frame. The tide had just then begun to flow, and finding the ground tolerably quiet, we...This was followed instantly by a large body of water. The rush was so violent as to force the man on the spot where the burst took place out of the frame... | |
 | Thomas Allan Croal - 1877 - 652 pàgines
...work. We began to work the ground at the west top corner of the frame. The tide had just then begun to flow, and finding the ground tolerably quiet, we...This was followed instantly by a large body of water. The rush was so violent as to force the man on the spot where the burst took place out of the frame... | |
 | Pictorial cabinet - 1878 - 574 pàgines
...work. We began to work the ground at the west top corner of the frame. The tide had just then begun to flow, and finding the ground tolerably quiet, we...This was followed instantly by a large body of water. The rush was so violent as to force the man on the spot where the burst took place out of the frame... | |
 | Luke Hebert - 1828 - 392 pàgines
...insecurity appeared. At six this morning (the usual time for shifting the men), a fresh set, or shift of men, came on to work. We began to work the ground...This was followed instantly by a large body of water. The rush was so violent, as to force the man, on the spot where the burst took place, out of the frame... | |
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The tide had just then begun to flow, and finding the ground tolerably quiet, we proceeded, by beginning at the top, and had worked about a foot downwards, when, on exposing the next six inches, the ground swelled suddenly, and a large quantity burst... 
