Which classic strict liability case involved an environmental wrong when water from a man's textile mill reservoir overflowed and flooded the mine shafts of another man in nineteenth-century England?

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Rylands v. Fletcher is a landmark English legal case from 1868 that established the principle of strict liability for certain harmful activities. In this case, the defendant's reservoir overflowed and flooded the plaintiff's coal mines, leading to the establishment of the rule that a person who brings onto his land and keeps there something likely to do mischief if it escapes, is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape.

Which Classic Strict Liability Case Involved an Environmental Wrong When