New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-05-13
Terrible Disaster and Loss OF Life; Fall of
the LncIcdc Saloo0u.

From the 81 Louis Reveiiie, I'd.
Tie + 81 OF May Was Brought % R sad termination
laftr.ct, hy mn event. the news of which pass n
through the city hike electric shock. The La
ccde saloon on i ia St between Olive and Locust
sis was occupied 10y Mr. Purhitt rs a seminary
for young ladies. and last evening It was tlron-rd
70 excess in the celebabti'n Of The May iesti' a.
The crowd Of happy young female faces was
scarcely creater than that composed OF parents AL
friends when, IN a HOa4cnt all vas changed 10
horror and death The accident Occurred about
O'Clock We were hurried - the spot by the ter.
rihc rumor that al the children were still beneath
the ruins. Thank God. tins was not the case. The
ar.c room was Ia .he second story AMI the loor OF
this civus way. the ths0ng were precpi;ated
through thc ground flooring into the cellar. We
found this nearly filed with ruins bat the wounded
had been already taken ont. An immense crowd
surrounded the building, and each movement gave
birch 10 some fresh panic. In the center Of the
cellar WINS 4 well some eight feet decp--a drain,
apparently; this filed with water. and in fact
the cclartselt was covered to some depth. As We
write. alarm and rumor still present themselves In
VIII shapes among the rest, IT is stated that one
or mere were drowned in this well
At a late hour, having made every exerton b
get complete list, il possible, OF the dead and
wounded, We ind ourselves st.ll unable TO give
full particulars but the following names have been
asceraned.
Mrs Pomeroy, wife Of Mr Pomeroy, OF the firm Of
Pomeroy Andrews, dead. Mrs.. BeaKey, wife OF Mr.
Pomeroy had expired ser being removed 10 his residence.
MIR Vest states that he removed q chd from the
that wss dead, name unknown rumor was inc'rcna-
ton that the wife OF Professor Post, olxlhst, wsS
messing Miss Rae a. Nulisns. daughter 81 Wills
= " lisms, severely injured Miss Holmes and Miss
Wilcox, slightly II IdTed. Mics Abbot corner OF Ffh
and Locust severely injured and expected recover.
Mss Johnson TEACHER severely Injured Mi Oliver Gar
Iiscn. slightly II ured Mr and Mrs. Emsnual Block,
Msfk es, both severely Iured-he former, both ihgds
br,Een. Mrs Levi T. Carr, daughter OF Mr. aud Mira
Biz OK, s ,hiy injured and niece Of ar Lonng,
Eighth-st severely Injured Mr. Edward Warren. Sc
yerey injured In his back Mr. Edward Hale Mr. and -
Sawyer and mss Wright flghg injaed b. toe ccrcr"'on
Ms Gum, niece u joseph Ria ey, severely Injured,
with 10 the head; Miss Hsveas slightly in'ured Mss
Bs ow leg fractured. Miss Jane Targee slightly injured
Mrs Mckee. slightly injured. bliss Or IA Howard. arm
fractured Mr. Graves. Locust street. severely iref;
Mrs Pomeroy, slightly Injured Ms Purku wife Of ihs
ynaclVai Of the school, Severed, injured; Ms sullivan,
sister OF C. u SIilivau, severely injured; Mics Brfrry
Alien, slightly Injured uuisiIO boy, about Twelve years
ofrge, severely Injured, name unknown
Many others have undoubtedly been injured by
the calamity, who were removed before their names
could he obtained
At the time the floor gave wa, there wee A.
least three hundred people IN the room. VINO were
listening 20 the recital Of The coogI" app-opr,a At
10 the occasion, between Miss Atwood, a iiIghte-
Of Or. Atwood and another young ally.