The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-12-31
RICHMOND, oEcs Der
NARRATIVE

10, Thursday night-No description can do
INJUSTICE to its horrprs-an1 there were sos
few persons 50 cool and self-collectc>, as to-
accurately paint any part or the mass of
woes which tell in mo nent upon as Some
E scenes are so fraughe with horror, that al
n ielicate pencil you'll have to skip them -
BESIDES, tine enough has not been had TOT
abring together, Al accurate group of woes.
NJ Iii painfil to touc upon the catastrophe:
Hot those WHO have gone for ever. Thci. |
ashes are inthc grave--blt their ine.norie i
IRE ento nbed in oar hearts.
The Generous and worshy Smith, who bu,
4 few days since was crowned with one of tn 4
hlshest honors which Virginia bestow,
lis snatched from his couatry, his distractc;!l
family, his children and his friends ! 1t isl
snot certainly known whether he had efac-
ted his escape from the Building aud rushed
gain into the aanes to save his child !---i
There is IA co.tfusion in the story, and per-
chaps it is rs ii # it never were cleared up J,
n Abraham .. Venable, the President of the;
FL Bank of Virginia (; Il man who has filed our;
8pu5lic stations With very high repute who:
has been il the \. of Z. ana in the Senate of,
1.-THE u 5. dariag the ,aost Interesting periods;
@-he too is gone He has left no wife ,rI
Hchiitfren but long train of relatives and1
Efrends to weep mis- loss.--He was in the box;
Ewith ladies' he begged them not TO bepre-
Ecpitate or impatient but was ut length dri-,
w
Ecrowd OF others. The suffocating smoke
Hcanc rolling on. Mr.. " and some who Nverei
Il with him were thrown down. MIR. Nolanl.
Eiell towards the window and was saved Mr.;
Nv. fell the othc. way and persisted in the,
Esmokc!
Many doubtless persisted in the same way!
The vo.une of SMOKE, which could not II.
Hirst escape through the roof, was ben.
Mdownwar,ls black, dense, almost saturatelt,
Hwith oily vapoars. Many were suifocate 4
Hoy it, VINO might have mad strength enough
Eto leap che Windows. -oevcral were saved
n ~ the fresh air which they inhaled at the
Myinlows--o even at a cranny. j.:
u Noor Bolts a nan OF astonishing assidui-s
Fly and aCtainments at the bar, has pcrishesl'
e With his wife < her neice--he fell perhaps
g. victi n to his hopes. He thought il more
Eprudeat to sit still with his wife, while the!
Ecrowd passed by; but her sister-in-law;
z '1rs Page, yielding 20 the sympathetic in-'
Hpdlse OF her fears, rushed forward and is!
nsiyed.-,Yhat seal has death set upon his.
HAnSF4 AT one feiltsswoop, five helpless,
XeAtskfen are converted into Orphans.
s How negviy has the hand of death falleni
Upon the family of the Harvies Poor;
.iolrners, deeply indeed have yc drunk of
H1h1 cup OF affection Within 5 short years.
X &c had numbered among the dead, the We,
Knerable John Harvie, the distinguished Lew
us iarvie, the c Eiab.e Mrs. iMcCraw the ia
Interesting LITTLE boy OF DR.. Brol,enbrough. But
hoy one biow, tac distressed mother, Mrs
Httarvie, has lost her noble and high souled
Il laughter, juiiana, her excellent son T.. J..
Eifarvie, and that sweet little girl, Mary
EWintlock, her beloved Granddaughter +, / I!
HReyder, conceive if YOU can, what you never
Ecan if:sge feit.
u .scii1-s aaaaes G. b5on, of the u S. Navy,
Enas gone iYish tl,cgcst Young as he was.
Ehe haa rastcaof thecup of addiction. He
Uwas taken captive in the Philadelphia, and
Hlmnured in the prisons OF rrip0li-On this
Hllta.a,'sht,he and MIR. Jno. Lynch were in the
Hsame l'ox with Mrs. Galego Miss Conyers,
HMr Venabe & otlcrsA-when the alarm was
Nhrst given, they endeavored to quiet the ap-
Mprehensioiis OF the ladies' but when the front
1sccne WAS in flames, they reached overifor
HMiss Conycrs who had sunk motionless be-
Htow-they took her over they held her be-
Wtween them, i'll state of nsensibility, her
Eaead falling over Mr. Lynch's left arm. In
II nus manner they proceeded towards the head
Mt the stars when ssibbon said :" Lynch,
Il cave Sally to me.r / am strong enough ts
Eearry her: she Is. light and YOU can save
n neoolly else Mr.. u. replied, Z" God bless
n III, Gbbon, there IS the STAIR and then
II prned round to seek Some of the other la
les Poor tIb5on and his lovely * interes-
n s companion, sank together.
n We must Gropt this recitai.-We have al
Hreaely stated the deaths Of Mrs. Gerardi
Eind her sveet boy--of Mrs. Gibson, whose
Epsoand is perhaps now OIL his way from
Htnropc; What blow upon his heart of
III ne Venerable Mrs. Page /; of Mrs. Leslie !;
tHof the loyeiy Nancy Green, the daughter OF
MIR, Green, the Manager; of the aIaiable
8 Mrs. Robert Greenho@. The particulars OF
Enost uf their fiites airs wrapt in oblivion.
Their ashes are in the grave.
n These persisted amid the flames--but Mrs
Patterson and Mr.. Vim. Brown were over
&whelmed by the crowd.
81 Let US change the sccne.--It is far NOR,
Esgratefut task to describe the fate of those
Hwho have, as it we've. miracuiously escaped.
Slt is some relief to our feelings, to contem-
s3plate those VINO seem again 70 have revisit
Nei the realms of light" 1t is almost as if
Ntne grave had given them up again from Its
HJaws.-We are sorry, indeed, that our limits
kgdo not permit us to give any bat hasty
Esnatches and sketches Ct events. =
n MIR. John @. Jackson was overcome nv
Ethe suifocating smoke and fell senseless.
Ellis last recollection was that his feet were
Eidescendlng bwt- whether tine floor or star
EIway were broken or he had reached the des-
Ecent, he was not conscious-but inscns;b,v
Ehe descended TO the levc! Of the pit where a
Estrcng current of fresh air revived him. as
Eihe lay amongst heap Of PROSTATE persons
HE struggled to rise and found himself on
F,llis feet with lady clinging to hin aad be-
tsseccllng him to save her. With di.Gcalty
Enc found the door, not being acquainted