Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-07-12

also WALKING with one of he young la
dies. Breakfast was nearly ready, and
we were just going to sit down TO 1t. A
minute or two before This, a,liltle boy, be-
longing to The lady of the house, went up
stairs with his grandmother. where we
had before This been playing with little
wagon.
The first thing which called my atten-
ton from the waltz, was hearing noise,
a sort of rumbling which | took to be the
little boy up stairs, drawing his wagon
over The floor, which had no carpet on 1t.
AT the some moment, saw very large
looking-glass which hung up against the
wall in the room where was, fail upon
the floor-i, was broken all to pieces
the sofa was upset, and the table, too
and everything in the room was al shak-
en, and upset together All the family,
young LADIES and all, feltupon their knees,
For were thrown fiat upon the floor. in
.stan.ly made for the stairs. And as was
| going TO the stairs, caught sight OF
large church through the window = part
of it falling one way, and part the other
the s.eepie was the first thing which
fell, / thought Of ny father - but don't
remember anything more I'LL found my
! self in my iather's alasr had no senses
at all after that don't know how | got
down stairs al all nor do 1 know where
| went after / got out Of doors-nor how
long il was before | was in the arms of
nv father. had no hal on-lhe buttons
were torn from my clothes, and my
clothes, loo, were BADLY torn. was mol
otherwise hurt.
Mr.. Risley says When | recovered
my consc iousness. found the tewel-ring
crushed in my hand, and my boy IN my
armS-how he came there | know not,
nor does he know, nor are we ever likely
TO know what brought US logciher-for at
that time there was. no living being In
sight. We seemed 20 have been saved
purely by miraculous preservation of
the Almighty. AS 10 my own clothes,
my coat was literally torn off of me; my
watch was mashed in my pocket, both
sides ofil being broken in-my vest open
and lorn, and my pantaloons badlyeinjur-
ed. l was obliged to borrow clothes 10
get out ofthe place. My hair was CON.
pietely filled with lime, and l was alto.
i gether covered with dust and dirt. | re-
ceved, however, no visible wound, but for
two weeks was very sore, and hardly
able to use my limbs. BY the time [ had
escaped 10 the distance of the thirty oil
forty yards which | spoke Of, the violence
OF the first shock had seemed 10 abate a
very iiitle, but was almost instantaneous Y
renewed again, with far greater violence
Than before; and then it was that | los
all consciousness, until found my boy il
my arms, When thus partially recov.
cred my senses, first began TO feel the
harms and limbs of my child. 10 see if any
Of them were broken, and finding that we
were both Of US safe and sound, [ got VI
and began to look a5ou. me. was still
so entirely bewildered, lha! scarcely
Knew what had happened, or whether il
were not all dream. | then began tc
look about me, and saw various individu
|, ais, men, women, and children, of al
J, classes, and all ages, wandering abou
/, half frantic, like myself. Some were in
search OF son or daughter-others O
father or mother some of brother:
| AMI sisters-olhers of friends and relative:
| all weeping. or in the utmost conceiva
bic agony - pitching and falling aoou
J, among the ruins and dead bodies. They
would 60 from one dead body 10 another
oyerhauling them TO see if they could fnC
the person sought for-and if not success
lful, pass on 10 another.
/, AT this time, the whole city was in ono
vast pile of ruins, the awful appearance o
r which il is utterly impossible 10 give ever
! the faintest idea Even The place, and di
3 rection ofthe streets were in many case;
, obl:teraled, and could not be found.
Subterranean fires nov began 10 burs
forth in different parts ofthe city, consum
lug everything combustible, and also des
] troying>a great number of persons, wht
9 might otherwise have been saved.
5 Al this time, also, the earth opeEet
D along the line OF the wharvcs, as | after
!, walds learnt from other persons. throw
q ing out volumes of water, aud then grad
D ualy closing again = and supposed t
: have swallowed Up great number of in.
E dividuals.
a Everybody Immediately went to work
/. negroes, sailors, and all, to dig out lh,
dead and dying, from the ruins. whereve
f they heard cries Of distress. In one in
5 stance we succeeded in very nearly exlri
5 eating man from the ruins having got
o ten him all out excep, bis legs and tn
3 lower part of his body, when the fin
e broke out, and burnt hi to death befor
e our eyes. AT the same time, aad place
} we could distinctly hear the cries of eigh
! or ten others. who had been overwhelm
ed IN The same runs, and who were al
81 consumed in the subtefnnean fire. Zeal
IS ]; a subterranean ere, because 1t broke on
=. al! over the city. and 1t is well know
e that few of the houses in thai country
ST were likely TO have any fire in them d
q thai ti,n,