Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-04-22

r. the building, when he was met
DE- Earren, whose escape was equal
.;dential, and the exclamation was,
,an and a female being with him,
GnJ Goldsmith, have you escaped |!
tbe only persons who !. &c are left to tell
'ii0 We ought to fall on our knees,
't God for his protection"
.' 'R'l Nod labourers from st. Catharine's
~. instantly sent to assist in re-
.hn rubbish, and by their exertions
persons nor were saved, though dread
.Itilated. The bodies dug out at a
: this morning were-Mr. Maurice,
&c Fenchburch-street, principal pro-
Mr. D. Gilbert, performer Miss
e sister to Madame Fearon, and Miss
u actresses; Robert Purdy, a black
Ais and Pinfold, door-keepers; Jes-
a carpenter; and Levi, clothes
o was reading the play bill at the
Miles was carpenter, employed at
patre. and is mentioned as having
excellent workman; he has left a
n five children. Levi was not re-
bic by his friends-it was only the
of Laws which was found attached to
Il that enabled them to identify his
remains. Near the spot where
! found, lie the dray and the poor
their limbs literally crushed to
nd their bodies bruised and lacerat-
dreadful manner. Mr.. Carruthers,
+. Ter proprietor, was taken up most
INV iniured-and upwards of twenty
:, 4 were carried off to the London
l--some with fractured limbs, others
.ads confused, some with backs brok-
S. MANY others with much slighter
s were dug out. The bodies of sew
4 The sufferers were only recognizable
1 of their dress, or memoranda found
em. The exertions of the labourers
premitting up to twelve o'clock last
khen. it being considered hopeless
~ of the unfortunate creatures who
bained beneath the ruins could pos
tain life, they were sent home to
their almost exhausted strength. 1t
sSs sed there must be at least fifty VIC
lose bodies still remain undiscovered.
and carried to the hospital, it is salts
81 to state, that at late hour this
l|n, all were living, and for the most
Nv to do well. The Theatre cost
of 2O,O00l. in its erection, and the
of scenery, dresses, &c. &c. was
fable. Some few of those in the
piraculously escaped; among whom
i. p. Farren, and Mr.. Goldsmith,
b persons on the roof who fell with
scarcely injured and the other slight
led. A man named Shaw AID his
ere also saved. The man was EN-
& in the counting house, which is not
ian forty feet above the stage, and in
aoment he states he found himself and
Glow the stage with a large plank
their bodies. Extricating himself
he plank as speedily as possible, he
d his wife, and carried her up a stair
ben standing, and having gained a
Y, he lowered her into the street by
cf a rope, and Immediately followed
They were both so much bruised
br, that it was considered necessary
N them to the London Hospital. The
rate of the district and guard from
Swer were despatched the moment the
'eholy news reached them, who as
materially in keeping the assembled
llde from the ruins, thereby enabling
ourers to proceed with their melan-
operation.
HFHER PARTICULARS. At six o'clock
|aprning, the, workmen resumed theil
nj clearing the arena of the Theatre
to nine o'clock no additional bodies
bund. The guard of soldiers were
4 BED at about Z o'clock, at which time
8 deed two hours previously, large
rise of people had assembled. From
fkmen employed about the edifice we
bat symptoms of settlement in the
york were evident in the morning Of
ay. One circumstance, which &C.
for the suddenness of the calamity is
ere were no binders used in the con-
pm OF the Theatre. 1t appears also
PINE of the brick-work was raised
the frost, which rendered the mortar
hesive. This is in great degree
ped by the rottenness displayed by
prtar, as it can be scraped off the
with the greatest ease. Three Of
zprkmen escaped death most miracu.
They were working over the stage
'Rarlng the crash, ran to the staircase
went up in one corner of the building
'aere stood firm, Notwithstanding sew.
afge beams fell against the woodwork
my OF the performers and workmer
ear the orchestra, and in the dressing.
Z, several bodies must be buried in the
u those places the workmen are
.ng away the rubbish as fast as possible
ne directions.
some the calamity is attributed to the
~ TOO much weight was suspended tc
~, some OF the machinery, &c. being
2 BY it but, from view of the ruins
Eal men are of opinion, that had iron
zen run through the building, fasten-
usual on the outside, the calamity
no5 nave been so sudden, if it had
pea at all. Mrs. Beverly, the actress,
png the deceased.
Pie Star public house. which had been
destroyed, Mrs. Chapman, the land
|l:ad not left the chamber more than
.inutes when the ruins of the Theatre
preeclpltated on the top of the house
POI was knocked in, and the bed on
she had slept was shattered to pieces.
: same moment, young woman, who
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