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For some days past lhe earth through winch the miners WeTe boring was of such dcscrtp- ton as to admit leakaga from the river oi 600 or 500 gallons a miante, but as they were approaching more favorable soil, DO appre.

 hensions of any danger or interruption until about six yesterday evening, when the men engaged at the extremity of the excavation,

 observed the leakage to increase rapidly, and

 in a few moments afterwards, portion of

 the earth gave way. and the water rushed down in a torrent. The workmep fled tow ards the shaft tn the greatest terror, and ut

 ;ering loud cries of alarm, while the water

 rushed after them with the greatest rapidity. They ascended the ladder five at time, e

 succeeded in reaching the top in all except single individual in safety, who was missing for a few minutes.-He was soon however observed to be struggling in the wa ter in the shaft, where it had by the time ris- en to a considerable height. Mr..Brunnel, Jun. quickly descended to his aid. and succeeded in rescuing him from his periious situation. at the moment that his strength was almost exhausted. From calcu- latiOns made by inc engineer, from the prog ress of the water in the shaft, it IS supposed that about cubcal foot ofthe earth under the river must have fallen into the tunnel, where it had been recently excavated, and before the patchwork had been raised to supp port it. It is attributed to what miners call "a fault" in the sOl-that is, the meeting of the two layers ofearth, where the water has always the least difficulty ininsinuating itself. The engineer does not state his apprehension of any obstruction. arising from the accident, to the progress of the work. He expects to have the water all pumped out in a week or two. and be then able to resume his opera tions. The greatest difficulty with which he will have to contend will be, the dread which this alarm will have left oh the minds of the workmen. As is generally the case on such occasions, the accounts which circulated in the neighbourhood were fall of fexaggeration. It is d matter of congratu.ation, that when the lives of so many were suddenly placed in such jeopardy, none were lost. Besides the workinen there were two or three visite IS in tunnel at the time, one of when was a female whose feet, ID the retreat, were actually washed by the water; and one of the excava-' tors it is said,was obliged to dive under the steam engines to reach the stairs.