Down In A Mine Or Buried Alive Author:Anon It will interest our young Amer- ican readers, as giving them some knowledge of the occupations and dangers of the mining classes of England while it presents, in a simple and affecting man- ner, the value of religion in times of trouble, and the importance of due preparation for eternity. Both the narratives contained in it are understood to be... more » true histories of actual events. c J 4.82652 LIBRARY 3 W. CONTENTS. PAKT FIKST. CHAP. PAGE. I. PETER MORRISONS HOME, 7 II. PETERS SUNDAY SCHOOL,. . 2 III. THE COAL MINES, IV. THE CRUSH, V. BURIED ALIVE, VI. HOW THEY PASSED THE TIME, VII. HOPE AND FEAR, 33 . 49 VIII. RESCUED 112 PART SECOND. I. THE HARTLEY NEW PIT, II. THE DISASTER, III. CLEARING THE SHAFT, IV. THE SABBATH, V. THE WORK CONTINUED, 157 VI. THE NEW BRATTICE, VII. SORROW AND CONSOLATION, VIII. LAST MOMENTS IN THE MINE, 5 65 84 97 123 135 143 150 168 174 181 DOWN IN A MINE OB, BURIED ALIVE. PART FIRST. CHAPTER I. PETEE MORRISONS HOME. IT is not a very pleasant coun .y where Peter Morrison lived when he was a boy there are not many green fields, and trees, and hedge-rows to be seen and the houses look neglected and dirty. Every thing seems black and disagreeable to those who are not accustomed to the scene. The roads are al- most black great heaped up hills of black cinders are in all directions for miles and miles the very streams you pass seem to be flowing with black water and even the birds 7« less