| Show I 1 I 1 THAT PIT the san alx lx to ulless pit atory taftt we ve boll boil down for our our broaders from the lecat ot of the iha larn winch discovered hades has vomited ci out the scientific explorers for the rit pit which so ishby planers have bave feared falling into broke ground I 1 fcc fcc pin in the of burces in the Kio ilAn of belgium on the logli of April 1840 ator going down tho the is taa of feet and aad 6 inches somewhat more below the otist of the earth they found the follow 1 w ing 10 4 g s As described in the cit chloie f jorj s tha firt ent q fro ploma of alarm vero acro felt n the of november I 1 8 1 the cho men complained Complain Cd ofa of a fait increase illicit ill icat and baddo had to be ba dropped every five min miniam ilca lor for tho the greater part evel cf f t the e and ami of those who arbo attempted att to work of at least one half were extricated 1114 condition of fainting but one degree grce from syncope cope towards morning ing hoarse 1 pro profound oiled 0 anil aDa frequent subterranean explosions were vero heard which had increased at noon to one dulls dul threatening and continuous roar but bat the miners went down bravely to their tas Land res resolved jred to work so go long as human codur oo dariD ancA could bear it hut lit thu this was not to bo be much longer for lato late ats aton the after hearing a terrible explosion which shook th tho 0 IT whole hole neighborhood ancill a lot alocco issued from the bottom which drova them all ont in id a state the heat aitho surface became so ab So lately cly la rable and on 6 ending down a cago cage with only a dog in ia it the materiola mater iala ol of which it was VMS composed took fire and the animal perished in the flames at 3 A st 11 the iron fastenings to another cage were found fused and the wiro wire roecs melted for more thin than a thousand led at lower end th the 0 detonations deto nations became more frequent it the trembling of the earth at the race more violent and the heat more oppressive around the mouth of the orifice A few minutes be before borc 1 a subterranean crash was heard lica rJ louder thunder slid and immediately afterwards a furious cloud of ashes emote and gaseous exhalation shot high up into the still hill darkened atmosphere of of night at this time at le least 2 at 0 one n 0 thousand of th the terrified and half naked inhabitants of the neighboring village tillage had collected 1 on the spot pot and with wrid wringing ing h handi in di and fearful I 1 outcries bewailing awal 6 their fate and threatened instant death to the 0 officers of oatlie the commission and even to the now miners li finally just before dawn on the ath of november or to be more precise 0 at t exactly twenty minutes past 6 A molten lava made its UP ap bearance pc pe aranco arance at the me surl icci the fright now became general anil and as the burning bud buildings diDas sued shed their ominous I 1 manous glare I 1 laro around and the languid tream stream of it liquid fire slowly bubbled up and rolled toward the canal the assumed an aspect of awful sub sublimity allm ity and grandeur I 1 1110 bo plains around were we lit up for many leagues and the loggy skies intensified ud reduplicated the effects of the illumination toward the flow oc lava was suspended for nearly au an hour but shortly atler after 10 I 1 0 it suddenly increased its volume and as it cooled formed a sort of f saucer sa shaped q innel funnel over the edges of V ch it baad led up p broke and ran off ju ID every direction |
