Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-02-24
From the Albuny Arsu. Of Saturday.


We have accounts Of fearful calamity Troy occa.
stoned by Inndsde scarcely inferior extent and il is
feared even more destructive Of life, than tina; which
CURED several years ago.
The slide occurred south Of the former one on the same
hill the avalanche crushing ana nearly buryinE several
frame buildings the foot Of the hill and extending nuc
across Main street.
The verbal accounts vary in particulars but oil concur In
representing the loss Of life and the Of dsress ter
rblc beyond description. The following letter from cor.
respondent furnishes all the particulars yet within reach
Troy, FEB l7-j5 p. VI.
Our city has been again visited with awful calamity.
Another terrible avalanche has swept houses aud families
away in It's Of destruction. II oess TO attempt
10 pnrucuorlze when It - utterly impossible to do
this mournul occasion Suffice say that the eaith-sde
occurred IN the immediate vicinity Of that terrible avalanche
OF 1897 about four o'clock this afternoon, covering
Of ground tho base Of tho hill aud crushing
twelve houses nearly Nil occupied. Whole
families have pcshcd and the only warning they received
the death blow that carried them into eternity.
have just left the ruins 10 communicate to YOU thoss
few lines There, oil is panic and confusion. Eight
dead bodies have already been taken from uins
and how many alive or partially injured cannot tell The
crowds moving in from spot spot and IN tho
Of each the mortal remains Of who per.
shed being earned from the Of destruction
suitable place. The municipal officers
the pot, doing oil that IL possible be done the
living, my yet 10 be found, and take Of the
dead. When lett the SIM Ike gushing from the smoul.
denug ruins, and seycraho accompanies there. While
writing, toe alarm bell for fire Is ringing but do not
spprehend that the destruction be augmented by fire.
Let you that presents awful and mel
snchoy sight Babes In their crudics-mothes with their
children their men, who but hours
ngo brcnihed freely aud in health have been taken from the
ruins muatcd sndmangled corses The buildings dostrCy.
ed nearly oil new end had but recently boeu erected
They were tcnantod principally 10y poor and industrious
mechanics.
vi state for the information NJ your distant readers
th the centre of the avalanche the head Of Wash.
inrt,n street. little hollow what has usually been termed
tho Five Points o this city. The Of the families
that have persisted Birdsa, Day, Kelley and some
others that cannot recollect.
Fromths Troy Budget Eurl. February i7tb. c, p. ~
AtrJm CdfOsfrophC.-Aboui 4 o'clock this afternoon
another landslide occurred from the hill Mount ds) where
tie awful catastrophe Of January 1897, tronspired,
cceding IN extent and consequences that memorable dsa
tor
Some eirh, or ten dwellings, occupied by poor families
crushed and buried beneath the Of earth. In
these U is supposed there not Ices han thirty forty
persons, only ten W twelve ri whom escaped.
Within hour nine bo6cs had been dug from the ruins
FIVE Of which were without life, partially injured md
three not beyond recovery.
Had this avalanche occurred IN the night, the destruction
Of life would have been st greater many occupants Of
the houses absent at their labor or elsewhere.
A from the country, passing NJ the time with hs
team esped from bis sleigh and escaped, The horses and
load Of wood were buried beneath the earth.
We Just left the Of disaster. II Is Of honife
desolaton. Thousands cougregacd the spot sud
corps Of efficient engaged in penetrating the earth
and clearing away the fragments Of buildings.