FURTHER COLLAPSE AT THE ROUND HILL TUNNEL.
NARROJJJ" ESCAPE OF TWELVE MEN. A large" fall of earth took place at Round Hill tunnel on Tuesday evening, about half-past '. einht, from being crushed und.r which twelve |of the workmen had a providential escape. It ! J appear- tlie men had knocked off for " crib," as ; they term it—that is, a short cessation for refreshment, and were seared along the tunnel, when one of their number noticed the ground overhead cracking in an alarmin.; manner. He immediately gave warning of the coming fall to the foreman of the gan.;, who had barely time to or er the men to the mouth when a large quantity of earth fell on the spot where the men had been sealed. The ground has since been secured, and work resumed. On Wednesday, a man name unknown, met with a slight accident from a fall of earth whilst working in the tunnel.
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Evening Star, Issue 3963, 6 November 1875, Page 2
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154FURTHER COLLAPSE AT THE ROUND HILL TUNNEL. Evening Star, Issue 3963, 6 November 1875, Page 2
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