The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-05-12
From tae Mr. York Commercial fdrsriH II.
URTAbTUI ACCIDENT

I Thr Bosr. n papcls received bt the steam. boat
/ Gtanco or Livingston Tins morning contain
| fr pagfI,uurs uf a melancholy dlsaster winch
I,crtn,ed ia fltat civ on " Wednesday moiums.
/ Asrecably to notisc siyen IA the pubic prints,
/ latee as,cmblagc oi persons had convened To
aItaoss The CEREMONIES al laying the corner
siuna vi the Nrthldi.f Chapel about TO be cree
ted in North Beunei suoet. The floor had
be,n laid aud covered with rough boards. foi
lac accommodation al TIM Assembly,, and oo II
II Is supposed here were seven or eighl hum
dtca NJ people coirclrd. AGer the crlncr
II az bad ben Land AID fhc religious services Of
jhr ars5. tan performed, aud when Mr.. Mdiil
! mad rratl, hui,hrd hf, addicss, hide the assem-
! btG creY ] was listening ~ Neriect silence,
| buc, pilLtr winch supported nur Of the beans
on which about quarter of Il. floor rested,
! gave way, and two OF three bandIrd persons,
WHO stood ON thit pant of thc nooT, nstan.
tane1usly drown luta thr cellar depth of n
bout fifteen i,Hi : ui thoar the greatest uumbcr
scte ladies. A. The FIST instant they were n
van Ut lbrir danger. they found themselves IN
| , confused heap IA tha ceuue, thrown upon one
another, many # them severely bruised and
with btokon jlmbs aud IA danger Of sunocaiion.
\ seeur Of most appalling confusion ansucd
! screams aud groaus tcsuundod throug the air,
uttered by those The were safe, az well ms those
| " "a Werc mingled IA the chans bfoWf The
| . tn nt tn cellar pc eard any Il them who
! had Idle >, Il On eXl#lrHDg themselves without
| addcrs. Every possible assistance w0s render
! I'd, with rs mn, h expedition a, possible and the
wounded and bruised were carried 10 tie neigh
boring n uses. The Courier saws -
From al the intelligence NC have been aolc to
I gum II Is supposed that hite. o. six q YER
verp badly injued -suIne istrarcd, mnrtally.
\ great number, forty OF atty. were slightly in
iurcd, being scratched hv spntcrs OF the bro
ken boards.and timber. OF bruised bv being com
pressed IN the falling mass. thus lnsian aneous-
" haddlcd together and precipitatcd tfomsucha
h eht.
The same paper gives the following particu-
lars of the nnncs Of the sufferers, aS far as thct
had hccn asccttalutd Mrs. kusscg, one
leg broken Nj Johnson. enc leg brok-
81 al Hayden. O. sulder OF til" reyoIu.
ton. aged 20 yeat, both legs broken Ms.
Hal badly injured ; Nts DAVIS, very badly
hntt Nj G1od~m. both legs broken M,s.
Sratt ono Ice broken and very dangerously
hur Alrs. Phillips severely injured ; Nj Ro-
gers severely injured Mis-, Ann Howe. badly
hun; Mis-, Ann Palmer injnred Mrs. Motley,
one lcs broken Mrs Gfubb, severely injured
Airs. Woodward. one lee hroken, Nj Fishcr,
oue leg hroi,rni Miss Asue,s Tones. badly
hurt; and a chld living Ia Cobnon= strert, one
ice HlbNhli. ~ Is NditAltltht ~ most VIM
isefr present that about sixty people were more
~ lrss bruised, from twenty 10 twenty-five OF
whom wcfe 4ery much hunt aud three or fouI
dangerously The blrlh ola enid was hastened
IN the fright. oecasooed hy the catastrophe.
! Felg escaped with the breaking or disioeating
OF one limb only. and il = Ia be feared thai thu
lives. OF many are to he de.pair,d Of Ihe
deaths of one woman and child are already re-
ported.
The cause Of the dieastcr appears 10 have been
he insuf.i,Iency OF thr brick plliIr. which was
relied upon 10 support the ccnue ol ON Of the
principal beams on which the Aoof rested This
was very small The bricks had heen recently
laid, and the mortar appeared 10 have not the
least teuacity.
Washington hag h.--Ne experienced in this
! CITY, on Saturday last about halt past three o
clock, one of the most violent gusts ever rcmem-
hered The time GIFTS duration. al ITS height
was MT more than FIVE minutes but in that
short space Of tire, the wind ragged from almost
every point Of tie compass, AMI the earth was
| lie ugod with rain, accompanied with hail when
luckily, was not very large. Less damage was
done thtn might have been expected from the
violence efthe storm. Several chimneyS. how.
ever, were blown down. falling through the roofs
OF tie houses to which they belonged, add occa-
| stoned some Ndlf DitdulD escapes nom bDulIt
Injury The brick wall around Mr. Secretary
Rushs house was blown down and parts Of one
or two houses. In some houses IN the North
West end of the CITY, where the storm was first
felt thirty omoriy pancs of glass in each house
in others less, bnt IN the whole IA great many ,
were broken bv the hail. MANY cellars were IN
simultaneously EiIcd with water, aud the ludic-
rous was not wanting II diversity the scene for
ia The houses having kitchen cellars the cooks
| were hall drowned before they could turn them
| roUHd and, As for the viands which were nten-
dcd 10 compose the dIsnerS. the boarders might
| he seen IN silent dlsmay Witnessing The disaster
which had hc.aiien Their sharp dppetltes. or as
sistiug the ft htcred segvants 10 rescue from the
fond II tarkey o. u lcg of mutton as it foated to
aud fro amongst the kitchen moyeahlcs sur
rounded by lots Of potatoes and cabbage-head5
The most serious accidents Nc heard Of were
Witnessed, IN part, tromJhe windows of the Ca
pitol, with the most intense anxiety. The two
late stages, arrived within the city lust as the
! storm begun. The horses Of one Of the stages,
terrified aud manageable could the driver
have seen how. to guide them. blinded as he was
toy the ming led hail and rain. plugged down the
circular road, rousd the hill with furious haste
Ono of the leaders taking ono direction the 9TH
en- the opposite on they brought up the stage a
painst a large poplar tree, AT the turn into the
avenue, with such violence as to break down the
tree. which was large aud Gfny rooted, and kill
ed one Of the wheel horses on the spot. Forlu-
nalely, all the passengers had been able 10 eS.
cape from the stage before the horses ian of.
The horses attached 10 the other stage ran OF
the road on 10 the commons, and soon oyersct
with great violence. The passengers of both
stages escaped miraeuously, though some of
tem jumped out whilst He horses were in full
/. speed Ihepersor mos, injured Was female