Inburst

In every alluvial mine which in the opintion of an inspector is liable to any inundation or inburst of water such additional rises chambers drives and other workings or any of them shall be constructed as may seem necessary and as may be ordered by the Governor in Council for the escape of workmen from the lower workings or to ensure their safety in every such mine during the period of any inundation or inburst of water in such mine.

It is necessary, in soft country especially, to exercise great care not to bore the hole too large for the tube, as the water would then get outside the tube, and should there be much pressure, the water would scour the hole large enough to permit an inburst of sand.

The circumstances attending an inburst of waste-water, which took place at Wallyford colliery, near Musselburgh, on September 24th, 1903, are somewhat unusual, and it is thought that it might be of interest to put them on record.

Then there is a second inburst of sunburnt sickle-men or reapers, as if in harvest-time; and the nymphs and the reapers join in a graceful dance.

It is an inburst or irruption that characterizes the appearance of anything belonging to the Mind.