Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1828-12-15


Mr. StoEcs returned from the west end OF the tow,
and was informed BY neghbor ofthe calamity whicl
mad bciailen his family during his absence Tn
poor mans feeling may be better conceived tbnn do
cribed, and the interview between the unlnnnv ma,
and his surviving daughters was too a. cting for NJ
70 attempt to portray When he saw his poor it'll,
infant boy dead, which he left home alive and wei
only few hours before, his heart appeared ready r.
burst; but he could not weep--tha fountain yybose
streams How to the relief Of common grief was dried
nP ana he rejected all consolation that WINS offered 10
nm. his daughter Elizabeth said that she was per
isctD sensible from the moment the Building fell til
sne was taken out, and she could hear the wor;nen
digging the rubbish away
The workman continued their lab ,rous employ
ment till another voice heard callmw for nsss-
lance. Burke and two others went under the rims
10 the end of the cavity which they hnd previously,
explored, and after removing some bricks with the
assistance Of candle they could see the head and
shoulders ola boy distinctly He said that he ,yns
able to breathe pretty well, but he complained of
great pressure OF rubbish against his back and round
the lower part of the body.-'rle men were able TO
Introduce through aperture glass of water TO him
The boy complained of heat and intense thirst and
had repeated supplies of water; after great deal of
labonr the rubbish was removed from his head and
shoulders as far as his waist; and not far from him
they discovered the body Of his mother lying between
two beams, her head crushed to pieces. After two
hours had elapsed and the had given hopes
ut least twenty times of releasing the boy in five min
utes, number OF gentlemen consulted whether il
would not be the better mode to set number of men
70 work to remove the rubbish from the top and work
their way to the boy One of the men who Ind benn
down to the boy SAID. that if the rubbish was re-
moved over the boys head, in his opinion part of il
would fall in and suffocate him; and he bcggcd for
further time to be allowed 10 him and his fcow-Ia
6orers, to endeavor to eXtricae the boy roa below
by cutting away the end Of the cavity that led to him.
Some tea was conveyed to the unfortunate lad: and
the patience which he displayed and the expression
OF his grateful feelings to the aborers. excited them
togreater excrtions to him. and after three hours
very dangerous employment under many tons weight
of rubbish which threatened every instant TO fall up-
on and destroy them they had the satisfaction of 20
leasing the boy, and bringing him of the ruins
The cheering of tine assembled crowds was almost
deafening The lad was injured the head and
thighs but we believe bone was fractured He
was placed in conch and taken away by medical
man and one OF the parish officers. He had left his
mother and the other children in the front room for
about quarter of a minute, and was going down the
kitchen stairs when the house fell. The following is
a summary OF the whole the sufferers
Mrs. Hedgley, seriously injured, AMI in II doubtful
state in the MiddleseX Hospital Thomas Nerves
dead, at the White Hart public house.--Francis
Stokes, an infant, dead, at the work house MIR.
Stokes dead and the body not taken out of the
Frederick Stokes, Elizabeth Stokes, and Selma
Stokes, at the houseS of different friends all likely TO
recover.
We should add to the above that the carpenter
who saved his life by throwing hmselfunder the cart
says that lle Is sure gentleman ID killed, who was
passing along the foot pavement. at TIE time % Tho
accident and that the body lies under the -ul.
hish IL is also sted that q tradesman, rosliag j..
tue nelgnDorhood mas not 0een hGufG oil since The
accident, which appears to strengthen the statement
ofthe carpenter
Suicides in Pa,iS.-AIr Falret doctor of medicine
has prepared from the official records of the police
curious memoir on the suicides in Paris, from 1914 to
1924 In these 80 years the whole number of atemp-
ted suicides. discovered by the police was 6782 of
which 4720 were effected. This amounts to 223 per
ann,nn average, but the number has been in
creasng; In the ten years ending in 1903, it 107
per annum: and in the ten years ending 1923 it was
334 OF the 6752 persons who attempted suicide only
1895, about one fourth, were living III the state of
legitimate marriage; and when we consider how small
comparatively the number of the unmarried is at those
periods of life at which the act is generally committed
it may be inferred the proportion OF
persons living single Is ten times great among
those who are married. This affords hint to cell
bataires." In the ten years ending 1898, the whole
number 1910; and of these it is surprising to find
that 3l under fifteen years " age; and 479 be-
tween fifteen and twenty! But the age at which sui
eide is most common is between 30 and 40 the num-
ber for that period being 1870 twothjrds of the
whole. Tho modes OF destruction resocod to lin the
Drowning ,ci2o
Fire-aIm5 1135
Precipitation from u hcait 273
StrGnguHtion &33
Charcoal vapous A55
Poison GO
Cutting or stajbina GJI
1916 cases of suicide were attributed to physca!
disease wounds, or bodily iHLrGity, pre-
sulne,l and 476 10 DrunkcnGZ5.
Ofthose which were attributed to moral causes, the
following is tho table given by the police
Non. Women.
Crossed in love ~ I57
Jealous 80 5B
Mortified pride Z. pc
Canmny and loss OF re-
putstiou 81 90
Rcmorsc 81 II
Disappointed ambition 10 -
Reverse of fortune sC3 90
Gaming Iii III