The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-03-04 00:00:00

FURTHER PARTICULARS.

It appears that as soon as Mr. Parlour and Mr. Whitty were
made acquainted with the accident, they caused the fire-hell to
be rung as the best means of bringing assistance to the spot.
In a very short time John Hewitt, the superintendent of the
fire engines, together with a number of the firemen arrived, and
immediately commenced a search among the ruins for the per-
sons buried amongst them.
Notwithstanding the early hour at which the accident happen-
ed, a large crowd had assembled, but this, by the exertions of
the constables and officers of the dock police, was soon driven
back to a suitable distance, that it might not impede the opera
tions of those who were actively employed. In a few minutes
Hewitt, whose sense of-hearing Seems to be extraordinary, said
that he heard the moans of a person under the rubbish at tjie
extreme end,where the workmen had not hitherto been employed.
Their efforts were instantly directed to this spot, and at the
depth of about a yard a man was found alive; though he had
been literally buried in dust and fragments of bricks. Mr Scott,
surgeon, who was on the spot from the commencement, direbted
that a little water should be administered to him, which con-
siderably revived him. Some time elapsed ere his arms and
legs could be extricated, and it was then found that he was so
much bruised that it was deemed advisable to send him to the
Infirmary. _

Immediately after this Mr. Parlour, who worked during the
whole time with unceasing vigor, discovered another body a lit-
tle higher up- in the ruins which was instantly released, but it
was lifeless, having been crushed to death by the pressure of the
rubbish which covered it. In the meantime Hewitt, having
worked down about two feet in a particular spot, discovered a
little boy alive, who, having been extricated, was examined by
Mr. Scott. The latter having administered sonic restoratives,
sent the lad to the Infirmary. Scarcely had the last named in;
dividual been dragged forth, when Hewitt declared that there
was another living being beneath the rubbish at a spot which he
pointed out. The men instantly commenced working down-
wards at this point, and, after great efforts, and having pro-
ceeded to a considerable depth, a female was taken out alive.
While clearing the place of her exhumation, a bed wa's dis-
covered, and from between it and the rubbish protruded the
arm of a man, with the hand firmly clenched. In the hope that
life might not haVe been entirely ilestroyed, he was extricated
with the greatest speed, and every means used to resuscitate
him, but in vain. During this operation a further search was
made in the bed, when a female corps was discovered horribly
mangled, and it was evident, from their relative positions, that
they had perished together, while fast hound in the fetters of
sleep. Almost immediately beneath the bed above-mentioned,
but a little to the right, twit deeper in the ruins, the workmen
came to another bed, and on turning it over, a couple of aged
men, in a state of extreme emaciation, were found lifeless,
having, no doubt, also perished while vet asleep. Hewitt de-
clared that he heard a man moaning faintly between the ruins
and the wall of the excavation. The first floor of the building
had fallen diagonally, some of its joists being, supported at one
end by a piece of wall, and a great part of it having been pre-
served entire in the fall. On turning this over,a man was found
immediately under it. He was alive and comparatively unin-
jured. At some depth.below this the body of a boy was found
dead.