The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-11-19
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F6m S'uonJ'j TrorciS in ,SWii-crIdnd
The fummtr of 1896 had bea0 extremely
rainy, and il had raiued hard the day OF the
| accident aud the evening before. In the
morning a number of crcSices vclp ohrcry-
ed in the slopes Of the mountain, AMI
cracking no.ac was heard from the in'eri.
or. Little emucncos Appeared iB whatla
| before heca smooth turs, which opened and
! elected stones Small portions of rock,
! from time Ia time, detached themselves
T om tie upper part Of the mountain, and
descended 10 thc base. At two in the al
ternoon a large rock rolled down with great
noise, raising cloud Of black duet IN the
air. At the bottom of the mountain the
gsound seemed TO bc in motion, aud crew
| res and cracksappearcd where ii wasinucil-
ed. A peasant working in his garden, see-
| ing the spade which he h1d stuck in the
ground moving ofitseIf, fed Will precipita-
| ton. Soon afterwards an opening appear
I'd in the slope, which gradually but very
slowly, enlarged itself: the springs ceased
! toElow, mnltudes Of birds took To wing
! III great disorder, lttering slrill unnatural
screams. little before five in the after
noon every symptom of some awful eatas-
trophc became more aud more manifest
AtintcryaIs the upper part Of The mountain
appeared 10 slide down as On an Inclined
plane, but sill very slowly, aud frequently
II slopt altogether. An Old MN who had
Often lore told ;hr approaching disaster, was
! laetly smoking his pipe, when he was m
formed that the Eos-hrrE was falling. Go
H. ont u his house 10 look II l. he return
I'd. say ag ae aad time enough 10 t,ltidsplp"
A second time. The ncighbor who had q
ven the alarm continued his course down
thu valley, hat was thrown several times,
and with difficulty escaped. On looking
back, the house Of the old man had dsap-
pearcd. An inhabiiani Of ore of the villa.
yes thai were destroyed, was at the door OF
tic house, built Of timber, with his wifi and
three children, at the moment Of the great
explosion. Scratching zap two Of them, he
called to MS vile 10 follow with the othcT,
but she staid behind an instant IN fetch out
a fourth, Marianne, aged five years. Prom
els UI'ieh, III" ieflale servant, took Aaan-
me- by the l4tnd, and hGr., Ing her along, IN
an Instant as She said afterwards, the
house seemed TO he torn f,om lis louhda-
ton, and 10 turn round on tself ike a reel :
50 that at one time, found myself on nay
head, at another on my feet, and the day
hccanc as dark as night. Being separated
from the child by the violence Of the shock,
she remained suspended among the runs,
her head downward, and her body sqneez-
ed on every part, her face bruised aud sni-
ferins very acute pain. She imagined her
sclft be inferred alive at "A great depth M
der ground. After many efforts, the rDor
girl succeeded in rNtricating her right hand
with which she wiped her eyes streaming
with blood. In this horrible state she
heard the grUaas of the little Marianne,
and called 70 Der. The child answered,
explaining her situation, that she was ~
ing on her back IN the midst of stones and
bushes that she was rDablr 10 rise, but
that her hands were at liberty, and that
she could perceive the day hight and even
the green field. She asked ifDohody would
come to extricate them. II is The day of
Judgment" answered Frances, there are
none but ourselves in the world we also
will soon die, and then we shall be happy
in heaven = and then they prayed toge-
THEREAFTER long time, the s0rnd Of a
bell was heard, which the servant knew
to be- that of a neighbourng village, and at
forwards seven O'Clock struck, ali which
convinced her that there were other peo-
pie IN the world besides themselves. She
now endeayored Ia comfort the child, who
cried for her suppor but by degrees Ma