The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-07-13

) longing to he lady of the house, went u
Stairs with his grandmother, where W
had before this been playing with a it'll
wagon.
The first thing which called my atten
lion from the waltz, was hearing a noise
Il sort of rumbIing which | took to be tn
little boy up stairs, drawing his Wagon
over the floor, which had no carpet on il
AT the same moment, | saw a very larg,
Jookiag-glass which hung up against the
wa in the room where 1 was, fall upor
the ioor-il was broken all TO pieces
the sofa was upsel, and the table, too
aud everything IN the room was all shak.
en-, and upset together. All the f,mily
young ladies' and all, fell upon their knees
or were thrown fit upon the floor. in.
stdn.ly made for the stairs. Aud as | was
going to the stairs, | caught sight Of a
large church through the window - par
of il filling n way, and part the other
the s'eepIe WAS the first thing which
fell. Thought Of my GtAsr - but don'I
remember anything more ulI | found my
self in my fathers arms. | had no senses
at all after that don't know how | col
down stairs al all-nor do | know where
| went after | got out Of doc s-nor how
long it was before | was in the arms Of
my father. | bad no hat on-the buttons
were torn from my clothes, and my
clothes, too, were badly torn. | was not
otherwise hurt.
Mr.. Risley says :-When | recovered
my consciousness, | found the toweI-ring
crushed in my hand, and my boy IN ma
@rms-hoW he cane there | know mol,
nor does he know, nor are we. ever likely
to know what brought rs togclher.for at
time there was no living being in
We seemed 20. have been saved
purely by a miraculous preservation OF
the Almighty. AS 10 my own clothes,
my Coat was literally torn off of the; my
watch was mashed 10 my pocket, both
sides of it being broken in+my vest open
Ind toro. and my pIntaloons badly irjar-
was obliged 10 borrow clothes td7
get out of the PLACE. My hair was CON.
petely filled with lime, and | was alto
gethtr covered with dust and dirt. | re.
however, no visible wound, but for
t%o1 weeks was very sore, and hardly
to use my limbs. BY the time [ had
escaped to the distance OF the thirty or
.orty yards which | spoke of, the violence
1t the first shock had seemed 10 abate a
very lItlIe, but was almost iu~S,aLtaneously
renewed agaio, with far greater violence
han before; aud then it was that | lost
Ill consciousness, until | found my boy in
ny arms. When | thus partially recov.
rcd my senses, | first began 10 feel the
'rns and limbs Of my child, 10 sec if any
If them Were broken, aud finding that we
we're both of US safe and sound, | got up
md began TO look abou. me. was still
80 entirely bewiIdered, that | scarcely
'new what had happened, or whether it
we're not all a dream. | then began to
oOk abou! M, and saw various individu-
us, men, wonen, aud children, of all
'Idsses, and all ages, wandering about
la.t frantic, like myself. Some were in
OF a son or d daughter-o others of
/, father or a mother - some Of brothers
mi sisters-olhers of friends and relative
all weeping, or in the utmost conceiva
agony - pitching and falling ABOUT
lmong The ruins and dead bodies. They
would 60 from one dead body 10 another,
)verhauling them to see if they could find
he person sought for-aud if not success
u, pass on TO another.
Al this time, the whole city was in one
vast pile Of ruins, the awful appearance of
which it is utterly impossible to give even
be faIntrsl idea. Even the place, aud d.
ectlon Of the streets we're in many cases
1bl!Icrattd, and could not be found.
Subterranean fires now began TO burst
orth in different parts oflhe city, consum-
ng everything combustlbIe, and also des-
roylog a great number Of persons, who
otherwise have been saved.
At this time, also, the earth opered
the line OF the wharves, as | AFTER
learnt from other persons, throw
ng out volumes of water, and then grad
rally closing again - and supposed to
swallowed Up a great number of in.
lividuals.
Everybody Immediately went to work,
sailors, and all, to dig GU The
lead dnI dying, from the ruins, wherever
hey heard cries Of distress. In one ia,
lance we succeeded in very nearly extri.
a mau from the ruins, having cot.
TN him all out except his legs and the
over part of his body, when the fire
broke out, and burnt him to death before
'ur eyes. Al The same time, and place,
We could distinctly hear the cries of eight
" tea others. who had been overwheln-
d in the same rains, aud who were all
Consumed IN tie sabterranean fire. Icall
: Il sub!erranean ere, because it broke out
Ill over the city, and 1t is well known
hat few Of the houses in that country,
we're likely to have any fire in them at
hat tine.
From the place where | first recovered
nu onSpjnnSApc euprCea oo,IJ L,r,