Show MINERS ENTOMBED Sudden Rush of Waters in tile Mine Prevents Escape London Jan Throughout the night relays of men worked desperately at Diglakc colliery Audley North Staf fordshire where a large number of miners are entombed at noon yesterday by JL sudden rush of water fromi the old workings By 5 oclock yesterday 150 men and boys had been rescued It is thought 20 men in the lower workings were drowned There are still between SO and 120 men and boys in the mine The sorrowstricken wives daughlters and other relatives of the imprisoned miners have been gathering around the pit head facing the bitterly cold winds since shortly after noon yesterday and many have been without food The wa ter so constantly fluctuates that the roe cuefts are well nigh discouraged They found the bottom of the shaft choked with piles of timber swept there by torrents tor-rents of water which poured into the mine All this timber must be removed before the entombed men can be reached But ceaseless pumping does not seem to mattnallv affect the water level The greatest tears are expressed that the viaiters will undermine the galleries and that there will be a cavedn The rescuera work with difficulty standing in four feet of water and only fifteen yards progress was made during the night A hundred miners have arrived ax pislake colliery from other collieries and they volunteer to go down and assist as-sist in the rescue Fresh gang of men are thus supplied to so down every hour |