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144 BRISTOL.
and Thomas Smith, son to old Joseph Smith,
who prudently carrying down a parcel of coals on
fire, so draughted the damp, that they got to
their miserable brethren, except one Thomas Bo-
lison, who was all the time missing, and supposed
to be drowned.
" When they were hawled up to the open air,
their light entirely failed them for some time,
and were all very weak and feeble ; but after hav-
ing some comfortable refreshment, they all walked
to their homes, to the great surprize of the people
present. Being told the long time of their cala-
mity, they were under a consirmation, not think-
ing it had been but about five or six days. The
morning of their never-to-be-forgotten preservation
Thomas Smith, son to old Joseph Smith, intendecl
to bespeak a coffin for his father, and his mother
had made preparations sor his funeral.
i( P.S. We formerly mentioned the above'
persons to be drowned in a coal-work at Tims-
bury; but the account now given was taken from
Joseph Smith's son, who was one of the last per-
sons that went down to their relief, and from their
own mouths."
The reader has now received a general descrip-
tion of Bristol, which will enable him in a great
measure to appreciate its advantages and defects;
I shall therefore conclude my notices of it with an
extract
and Thomas Smith, son to old Joseph Smith,
who prudently carrying down a parcel of coals on
fire, so draughted the damp, that they got to
their miserable brethren, except one Thomas Bo-
lison, who was all the time missing, and supposed
to be drowned.
" When they were hawled up to the open air,
their light entirely failed them for some time,
and were all very weak and feeble ; but after hav-
ing some comfortable refreshment, they all walked
to their homes, to the great surprize of the people
present. Being told the long time of their cala-
mity, they were under a consirmation, not think-
ing it had been but about five or six days. The
morning of their never-to-be-forgotten preservation
Thomas Smith, son to old Joseph Smith, intendecl
to bespeak a coffin for his father, and his mother
had made preparations sor his funeral.
i( P.S. We formerly mentioned the above'
persons to be drowned in a coal-work at Tims-
bury; but the account now given was taken from
Joseph Smith's son, who was one of the last per-
sons that went down to their relief, and from their
own mouths."
The reader has now received a general descrip-
tion of Bristol, which will enable him in a great
measure to appreciate its advantages and defects;
I shall therefore conclude my notices of it with an
extract