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Show FOHEIG1V ITEMS. L'uring the whole of Thursday (says the Ijondon Daily JVeu-. July 2), up to an early hour yesterday morning, great excitement pre ailed at Womwell, near liarnsley, owing to an accident which took place at the Deerfield Main Colliery, by which the whole of the men, 300 in number, were confined in the pit for upward of .-cventccn hour.-. It appeared that about y .Vclock on Thursday morning the itil's in the colliery came into coili.-ioii in the .haft, so that no person could a.-cend or -ie-se nd. On some, of the nic.T .-it the top going down to where the eo-irue- tion took place, they ikvr-i the hair I broken, and the conductor- -'nn-hod to j pieces to the extent of -ome tv- niv .t I thirty yards. A number of them were ! at ouee set to work t. ile.r i! ! j -t ruction, hut it wa- not until nbom 10 o'eloek at night that the broken j :ca-'e were removed and ;i new one not I ready, when the men weie a!l ly d-.-iwi ' to the top. a di-tV.er -f . .'. . ,!-; ,!-; from the bottom. ! ! The eotitii.iied ai - oee ,e ".no. I the J.ndou Tv.n's, JuJy2, i-cau-ing extreme inconvenience in many part.-of part.-of France, besides inflicting serious los- to the farmers and grazier.-. The Crown fure-ts have for the most part been thrown open to the farmer.-, ii order that their eattle and sheep may obtain what little feed onl fount! there. In Paris, it i- e.aro-i. the water supply may l.-e seriou-ly a'Vjn d, and ino;:es ln.ve 1 e-.n i.---,.r 1 urgintr tl.c-greatest tl.c-greatest ccrjomy, and t!.rea!--ri;ni' a ' disp-'nt;m:anc; of the sup; ly in ca-'- where wanton wa-te is j.roved. It i sail that th" r vcr L-.;:e La- r.e.-r beiii si. low v. ithiij the L.- ue v-y .'-! n.an a- it i- at the j re.-r.t tin;..-. Sand-haif' .-l .-l ay t-ear :n r;.r;.-. aud nr.vljatf n ha-I ha-I be.-o-j.e alr.'.o-t i:p-.--i",',-. )-) -he 'f. :- : r .,.:- - , -1 |