Above the north gallery of Mirou the ground sank in to such an extent, that the Joiselle road, for the distance of a hundred metres, had been swallowed up as though by the shock of an earthquake; and the Company, disturbed at the rumours raised by these accidents, paid the owners for their vanished fields without bargaining.
Au-dessus de la galerie nord de Mirou, l'affaissement du sol gagnait tellement, que la route de Joiselle, sur un parcours de cent metres, s'était engloutie, comme dans la secousse d'un tremblement de terre; et la Compagnie, sans marchander, payait leurs champs disparus aux propriétaires, inquiete du bruit soulevé autour de ces accidents.