Live Toads Found Entombed In Solid Substances

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Statement Respecting a Frog Found in Solid Firestone, 90 Yards under Ground

Overview:

In the year 1856, two miners of the names of Henry Allen and David Mitchell, were employed by Mr. Nasmyth, the lessee of the Dundonald Coal-field, in working a seam of coal, called the "Little Splint," about 45 fathoms from the surface...
As soon as the explosion had taken place, the miners went forward to take away the pieces which had been blown apart, when an animal jumped out of the rent which had been made by the explosion. It jumped a considerable distance, apparently with a strong convulsive dfort, and then jumped again in another direction, and continued doing so three or four times in succession​

Source: The Mining and Statistic Magazine, Vol.XI, July-October 1858, pp.203-207

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Many Entombed Frogs Found in the Construction of a Railway .
Overview:
In excavating the Stump Cross Lane Bridge , large quantities of stone were removed by the process of blasting , and some very extraordinary circumstances were connected therewith. After an explosion , between twelve andtwenty frogs were seen alive amongst the solid stone.

Source: Copley, George Fox - Copley's Guide to the Wakefield, Pontefract and Coole Railway, 1848, pp.48-49

 

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Toad found in digging Clay for Bricks
Overview:

The reviewer is justly cautious of admitting such statements as proof " that toads can exist without food , light or air, immured for thousands of years ," and , by citing an instance observed by himself.​

Source: Clark, Thomas - Toad Found in Digging Clay for Bricks, The Zoologist, Vol.XX, 1862, pp.8137-8138

 

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Frogs and Toads in Stone
Overview:

Ar the works of Messrs Burton, brick and tile manufacturers, Ironbridge, Salop ,' we were some time ago informed , ' some workmen were employed in sinking a well ; when, on reaching a depth of twenty-two feet from the surface, they found a
toad firmly imbedded in the solid clay. The reptile, which was a large one, appeared, when extricated from its living tomb, to be in quite a lively condition, and stretched itself out in the sun. It is alive, and preserved as a curiosity.'​

Source: Frogs and Toads in Stone, Chamber`s Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Art, Nº882, September 27, 1879, pp.614-616

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