The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1832-05-15

and was by appointment to have met
Capt. S. at the store Of Phelps g. Peck, ,.|
at half past s o'clock that evening.
Capt. s. went at the appointed hour to
the office in Front-street, from which,
but few days since, Messrs. p. IL p.
had removed, and while on his way to
the new office, and in sight of the build
ing, it fell and had hurled in its ruins
the individual Of whom he was in pursuit.
Mr.. Brewer was II young man, about 25
years ofage, and with his wife and child,
arrived as above stated: Mrs. Is. was on
IA visit to relation in Brooklyn when
the fatal accident occurred.--The body
was removed to the packet on Saturday
evening aud conveyed home, IA coroners'
inquest having previously been held upon
il, together with the bodies of Messrs.
Stokes, Goddard and Seymour. The
three former were dreadfully mangled.
That of young Seymour was but slightly
disfgured, by few bruises on the face.
He probably died from suffoca,ion.
The white man, taken from the ruins
dead, about one o'clock on Saturday
morning, was named james Patterson,
and was the Porter of the store. The
corpse Of n coloured man whose name
is not ascertaincd, was carried to the
Aims House on Friday evening.
The total number Of the killed so far
as the facts have been ascertained, is
eight, viz :-Thomas II. Goddard, Ac-
countant /; Josiah Stokes, Confidential
Clerk Of the firm; Alfred Seymour,
Clerk, son Of ofMr.--Seymour, Of West
moreland, Oneida County MIR. Brewer
Of Wappinger's Creek James Patier.
son, Porter Nicholas Russal, Laborer
Dennis Veraguil, David Foreman, and
John ThurstoB, coluured Laborers.-
Four coloured persons escaped, woun-
ded, viz Thomas Weeks, and another
dangerously (; Wanton Barney (not Bar
ney Jackson as mentioned on Saturday }
and another slightly. Nicholas Jackson
a Carman was slightly injured. Total
killed and wounded, l3. A gentleman
has called to say that there have been
but seven deaths-six were taken from
the ruins dead, and one of the wounded
has since died
In addition to The individuals who es-
capped uninjured from the building, rs
before published, tho Gazette records
the name of Mr.. George .Bannister.
u Clerk in the establishment. This
gentleman was, at the zine Of the acci-
dent attending to some business in n
small room situated on the second floor,
in the western corner Of the building
When he heard the crash and the tum-
bling in Of the wills, he sprung to the
door which was open, and instantly dis
covered that all attempts to escape at
that moment would he fruitless he
therefore remained stationary, expec-
ting every instant. that the remaining
part of the building would crunble into
heap Of ruins. In few minutes,
however, he recovered sufficient self-pos-
session TO move towards the front part
of the store on Fulton street, and ap-
preached one Of the windows, with the
intention of effecting his escape in thar
direction, which appeared TO be the de-
sire of the females in the houses on the
opposite side of the street who waived
their handkerchiefs to him, fearful that
the remaining portion of the roof hang
ing over the building would fall and car
ry the rest of the premises with it. He
however returned to the rear, passed
down the stairs, and came ou, through
the cellar door
Mr.. O'Neal, Of Utica, formerly of the
firm of O'Neal ard Martin, was mention
ed as escaping almost by miracle, in
Saturdays paper
He states tha, he had been transacting
some business with Mr.. Stokes in the second
story. He had left tho counting room, and
was standing near the head Of the stairs.
pausing to consider whether he had not for.
gotten u part Of his business While thus
standing, he felt a sensation a. though tho
floor was moving beneath him in the next
instant, he observed the posts, or pillars Of
tho FIRST floor, sustaining the second, to be
suddenly giving way, and in the next no WAS
whelmed beneath tho ruins. He thought he
fell fifteen or twenty feet, and supposed
himself in the cellar.--Aher all was still,
not finding himself inJn,ed, he began to re-
flect upon his situation. One Of his arms
was confined amidst the bricks, and some
thing rested upon one OF his legs. Here he
supposed he should be compelled to remain,
until relieved from without ; but on looking
upward, he saw small spertare. Taking
his knife from his pocket and opening il with
his mouth, he with one hand cut through
those parts of the broken board lying on his
leg whi;h still held together, and succeeded
in liberatiug that and his other arm he then
raised himself by degrees through tho mass
that was lying above him, tho bricks and
rubbish falling in the spot from which he
drew up his feet continually giving him a
foothold to raise himself higher In this man.
ner he reached the top OF the ruins; from
thence no got lnto the back Of that part OF
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