The miners' hall scene: language features, distress & ignorance

"From inside the hall, I heard a single scream, a crockery crash, the gasp of a crowd, then a sustained barrage of sobbing and screeching.  It was loud and unintelligible.  Heads turned."

Task #1: Annotate this quote, indicating what we hear, what we see, language features, contrast and effects.

Task #2: Analyse how Silvey uses language features to deepen our understanding of distress and ignorance in Corrigan with particular reference to the Miners' Hall meeting scene.