Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-06-03

from the waltz, was hearing a 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 it. At the same moment
saw very large looking ass which hung up
against the wall in the room where | vas, fall
upon the floor-it was broken all to pieces-the
sofa was upset, and the table too-and every
thing in the room was all shaken and upset to-
gether. All the family, young ladies and all,
fell upon their knees, or were thrown fiat upon
the floor. | instantly made for the stairs. And
as was going to the stairs, | caught sight of
large church through the wndow-part oft
falling one way, and part the other-the stee-
pie was the first thing that fell. thought of
my father, but don't remember any thing more
till found myselfin my fathers arms. | had
no senses at all after that don't know row
I got down stairs, nor whether got down
stairs at all-nor do know where wen. af-
ter l got out of doors, nor how long it was be.
fore I was in the arms of my father. / had 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 con.
sciousness, found the towel 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 10 know what brought US together
torat that time there was no living being in sight
We seemed TO have been saved purely by the
miraculous preservation Of the Almighty. As
to my own clothes, my coat was literally torn
| off of me my watch was mashed in my pock-
ct, both sides Of it being broken in, my vest D.
pen and torn, and my pantaloons badly injured.
] was obliged to borrow clothes TO get on: of
the place. My hair was completely filled with
lime, and was altogether covered with dust
and dirt. Ireceved however no visible wound,
but for two weeks was very sore, and hardly a
bic to use my limbs. By the time had esca-
ped to the distance Of the thirty yards which
spoke of, the violence of the first shock had
seemed TO abate very little, but was almost
nstnntaneously renewed again, with far grea.
ter violence than before and then it was that
lost all Consciousness. until found my boy
in my arms When thus partially recovered
NV sensos I frs, boo,n 70 foel tho arms and
limbs of my child, to see if any of them were
h,oLo, .od srd;rc that ~, uoro ho,h or nc
safe and sound, got up and began to look about
me. was still so entirely bcwildered that |
scarcely knew who, had bnppcned. or whether
: il were M, all =, dreom 7 ,hen begon IN look
about me. and saw various individuals men. wo.
men and cbildrc,. of all classes and aocs wan.
deripc ohou, half frantic like myself Some
,roro :, se,rch oc CON or n S,,rb,oro,b.rs
of f,,hcr or no,bor-some bro,bers and sis.
,ers-o,bers or friends and re,,,;yos-oll ,veon.
inu or in the utmost conceivable opony-ni,ch.
inp and faliuo ahout the ruins and dead bodies
They would 20 from one dead BODY to another,
. oyerhoulino them +, sec if they could find the
nerson sough, for--and not successful. pass on
, 70 ,ro,bor
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