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Show A COAL PIT OS FIRE FOR A Ufj. DRED TEARS. One of the n.os: curi-'iis p'-e-: .!i:--ra in c.-Dneo'ioD with eoai LLinir.g is ex-hibited ex-hibited at the Bank Co-.-ier;,-. Lear I Rotberham, the properly c:' tiri , l-i:zwiii:aai. This pit cauthi lire i ,v y-ars ag:. and all me efjrts 0:' the woikdcn at the rirue. and subsequently, subsequent-ly, have been quite ineffecTual to extinguish ex-tinguish it. A short time ago it was ascertained that the flames were ap-proachin? ap-proachin? the bottom of the shar't, and it was then resolved, if po-sibie, to stay their progress, so that they might not extend to other pans of the workings. work-ings. At length tne superintcn Jent of the colieries, Mr. T. Cooper, conceived con-ceived the idea of building a wa 1 to shut in the lire, and in order to ascertain ascer-tain the best site for this wall, several of the officials crept on their hands and knees, through the dense, stifi.ng smoke, as far as possible into the workings. Their efforts were successful, success-ful, and a wall is now completed nrarly llA) yards in lengih, and varying from 9 inches to 5 feet in thickness. At distances varying from 3D Ui 0.1 yards, metal pipes have been inserted in this wad, which are securely plugged at the end, so that auy time, by removing the plugs, the state of the air on tne side of the tire, aud eTen the position of the fiie itself, can be ascertained, t-o intense is the heat arising Irom this fire that people possessing gardens above the codiery declare that the growth of the plants is materially affected, af-fected, and that they are enabled to obtain two and three crops every year. London J?ic8. |