text_original: So great was the smoke and heat from the blazing stuff that the men below, who had promptly enough attacked it, were driven back. The shaft was timbered, and before they knew it the timbers were blazing. The smoke spread through the levels. A thing, so easy to stop at the beginning, was now taking appalling proportions.
text_transcription: SO GREAT WAS THE SMOKE AND HEAT FROM THE BLAZING STUFF THAT THE MEN BELOW WHO HAD PROMPTLY ENOUGH ATTACKED IT WERE DRIVEN BACK THE SHAFT WAS TIMBERED AND BEFORE THEY KNEW IT THE TIMBERS WERE BLAZING THE SMOKE SPREAD THROUGH THE LEVELS A THING SO EASY TO STOP AT THE BEGINNING WAS NOW TAKING APPALLING PROPORTIONS
phonemes: sˌoʊ ɡɹˈeɪt wʌzðə smˈoʊk ænd hˈiːt fɹʌmðə blˈeɪzɪŋ stˈʌf ðætðə mˈɛn bᵻlˈoʊ, hˌuː hæd pɹˈɑːmptli ɪnˈʌf ɐtˈækt ɪt, wɜː dɹˈɪvən bˈæk. ðə ʃˈæft wʌz tˈɪmbɚd, ænd bᵻfˌɔːɹ ðeɪ nˈuː ɪt ðə tˈɪmbɚz wɜː blˈeɪzɪŋ. ðə smˈoʊk spɹˈɛd θɹuː ðə lˈɛvəlz. ɐ θˈɪŋ, sˌoʊ ˈiːzi tə stˈɑːp æt ðə bɪɡˈɪnɪŋ, wʌz nˈaʊ tˈeɪkɪŋ ɐpˈɔːlɪŋ pɹəpˈɔːɹʃənz.