ments
were provided, and, early in the afternoon, both mines were ready for
occupation. Rhodes had sent a notice about town which is given as an
illustration on this page, and speaks for itself. Attention was called
to it by the ringing of a bell. Crowds flocked to both shafts during
the afternoon and evening ; and before midnight nearly three thousand
women and children were safely housed, deep down in the subterranean
passages of the mines. There was discomfort, of course, in this rude
lodging, but all were happy in the thought that they were beyond the
sound of screeching shells, and out of danger.
