Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-11-20
DREADFUL CALAMITY ~ AiisNASD"''

; DREADFUL CALAMITY IN Ai'r"N''
/ SEEEN MY KiLLEh'
4 most terrible calamity occurred it Ac1"'i''" VI
Saturday morning, hy which seven 81 the ih"'' e'
tcciucd citizens in Alexandria were huir'"! |" NJ "''
Expected death. On Friday night, about J. clock
| Mos>rs. Deiphey & Thompson, tw" OF Tile c''S "a'''
men, discovered the china store ri John ]. l'""e"
um Is ins street, few doors west 81 alter Street. "
DO OH tire. Tho following account "t the iirc anu III
calamity attending it, We take from an extra iSSuc'
from the Alexandria Sentinel Office, Saturday after
| noon
| 1h r..r J,or ,f the building was forced open ant
c,,rouc him, Tim, effected the front door was open
Ell from within. 80 ,.,,, ,pho Urn,
| 4 gentleman ttIc owner of the building! VINO wa,
or ,,, the Ground, informs uS thhi INC h'o ""' ."
| ;,.J f., the third story; thnt on rcariilhS INT
.ni story he observed there several trans :" Pp"
| ~ connecting between crates also COTTON wins
saturated with camphene. a cnhu'c WA wa c"m'nn
I',r.. m such position as would soon have cohlu
e,J m this powder, &c. lie examined the cenr
, ,w no trace Of lire there In about three iour'hs
| tor L,nr afterwards he was called upon 10 STU"
rh. way down into the cellar, ~ smoke was '',:i ~
,', th.r.irom lie found the trap door leading 10
,, Cellar which he had closed after him on his rA-
| animation, now open. Going down. he saw a 'iaiG
an fire, AMI the last remains OF Gahule winch "
h-cn dashed IL pine stick aud "tuGk III The su" I"
,ha ,rnr. Putting this uu;, dim hight III ah'lhei
, - I'M. cc,lnr became visible, and going to II ne
EnnJ candle dashed the side o lIghtw"od SLICK
.,,.l: in smother crntc. II had apparently been re-
Gently lighted ~ the lire had run up the sick bn'
sLurr distance above the lame I'll the candle. -,
VIII. thn fire wus progressing i'll The na!n builu-
i !, ,,n, dicoyrrcI that the warehouse in the rear
yns alsu ON fire. but the doors being forced OPEN 'e
flame. were speedily suppressed Inc preparations
male there by The lacen'''"!' WIZ '''''i " 49,
in ,he msn building.
Ti,. tirtmcn had great disadr unta@ea to contend
with ,,L,. building being very deep but they fought
.;,, L.ro;c resolution, until AT four "c!oc. moo
awful md hcur-rrnlr: catastrophe occuilcd' WING"
Ia. rl;,.,,tl our city III mourning
,ri ,,;n,. nr tine Sinr Fire Cumpnny had been III
,nncd INTO the building and WIS playing upon the
tir. wh,u the w'll ui the building: fell with
t,r,Ir rrn,h upon the lpcmrn IN, t''ir assistants
mi ,,rl,.r. who wrr- below, burying them III thr
r;,,, md ,uil.iiy a !righ.ul loss 1T HE.
nf ,II who we're supporting and handling the pipe
,,hn ta, n colorrd man, l" perhaps The sol" hlf'''
ynr uuIL.is severely WOUNDED. lie rerin' 10 be-
~ ;,,t. Ili,.ni uud made Ia lis the following stnr-
mrIIf =, =, -, -. a,
lie was in the third story, with Mr-srs. Plain, A.
pi,h Eyu,is kccur, Taylor, aud several youths ih'
rnnt had fallen ill., and they were Standing upon the
broken fragments :" ,"i", WIN me "lr" ~ m,
IN IN. pinyn. up.n the burning tunbrrs. Mr. PInim
h,.d h. nine white the Others supported the hose, az
I,d Iunp- The youths were luniIn!s "n an,l b"n-;rm=
@, the superiority OF their engine when suddenly Tie
wall fell upon them. He rcc"lleci' nothing more I'M
~ I, ,unh himself closely Confined by the rubbish
which overwhelmed hi- purity. Fortunately small
snorr r,nn:rcd around his hcnd which allowed him
breal The steam produced by throwing water on
The. hot bricks nearly sulircatct him. lie called loud
IS for help. He heard below hun, tor short time
ti. noa- and cries Tor help, nj the gentlemen who,
u few moments before, were standing III III" side; but
sonu their cries ccnscd
But III. terrible calamity was not confined 10 the
party wc have described.
Tie descending wall broke through he various
iIurs md carried everything beneath 1t nj" The rr
lar 4 number al persons i:i;tc almost miraculous
,.crprs Some hn Just left the seen" ri the coming
disaster. Others were Wounded And olhcr' nlas
were killed.
On urnccedinc TO cxricnte the sufferers, Mr.. ,Ino
A. Roach, highly esteemed citizen OF this city, and
a member of the mercantile lirm Of Ronch y Wash
;uptuu. WIS taken out .hockimsly woumdci. lie WIS
bUruo To his rr,lcnco on King street. where he eA-
pirod this morning. We understand thu; he was
very composed und CONSCIOUS to the ia't' J"hn DO
.,au. TN. colored man already spoken OIL "as also
.u,r got out and borne IA lis hUmc on FnlGN street
lie is cut silurtiy about the head. and his right arm
and lett lee much bruised. Ills, wounds: though
severe ARE probably not serious. Several offers who
were more ar less wounded, AMI hidc very narrow
ESCAPES, are mentioned below
LIST Ur KILLED.
Lyu- in one hrup, about the centre OF The building
were succc>siv.ly found the bodies Of
David Appch, Young man, Only con o. dotIIco
tppirh, Star Fire Cumreuy.
Willium Evans plumber, Pitt street near lie Mar
shall House.
Robert l. Taylor, street pavor Star Fire Com
panv. -, ,, ,,.,
George Plain. painter. member ol Tie Ilty 'ouhC
Star Company
june. k-rilr, brickluyer. Friendship Company.
\ Little distance from the above iouni thcb""y
Of j. Carson Green, -on ot Ward t'rren, fsl" All!
unrtncr of Chns. j. Wise, III II Plaster Mill.
Some Of The bodies horribly hnrni and ''ust
cd so that it WIS difficult t" recognize IN them the
forms 80 lately full oi life and vIGor
NE MI KiD.
The following the names "i those whom We
have heard OF receiving iniurie. from the FILLING
wall =,
Dr. Richard r.. Stone, burnt nn,! bruised. lie Lad
TO br cut out by his friends.
Robert =. Henry. LETT hand badly cut:
Chns. j. Wise, face cut, IiriIcl
:. \. Shinn, cluEncd 10y falling Oreln. ai!I brAi3ei.
VIM. II. Lambert, bruised on the lr-.
Frum,i. \. MGrbury, caught in the rubbish but ~
TREATED himself flesh wounds.
David Williams cul in the face
The ravasc. oi the nrc were pretty much c"nlh1I
IN the third story aud il hid brru ncarl! su5Gucd
when the calamity wc have described occurred The
injury the stock below was chiefly from the i"iIi5
walls.
and wa. pnrtaIiy insured in the Mutual Assurance
Cnnpany of Richmond, in the SUN ot sI,bOn. lis
loss will not he heavy. The stock belonging to john
T. D"wcll the proprietor Of the store, was fully ~
.iircd learn, i'll the sum OF slU,oOO i'll the f!c
Insurance, and !j,nuD in the Putonnc Companies OF
pany-in ali S2t,"UJ.
"it would be- vain for Us to describe the excitement
which tragedy unparalleled i'll city, has cred
fed To have S,,ts valuable and esteemed citizens
some of them heads OF families aud others IN the
bloem OF Youth cut down i'll moment, victims OF
vile iurcmdiaTy to their Charr"d AMI nutIatcd
remains borne through our streets 10 their agonzed
fuInilies-is u horror that anu.t silcmccs grief.
King street, in the vicinity vi the disaster, was
crowded all day Saturday and the minds Of the pco-
pie seemed TO be perfectly absorbed in the awful ca
amity.
An investigation oil the affair commenced before
the Mayor, Saturday afternoon, aud was ADJOURNED
until Monday morning
A II, cnL OF the citizen, Of Alexandria took place
at lia.rrv Hall um Saturday nigh for the purpose at
con- uitll! together about the sal TRAGEDY which ha
thrown the cay into mourning.
At the meeting oi citizens IN Alexandria, tone n!
the largest ussemblrdj resolutions were adopted,
-vmpaihsng with the families of the Deceased rtl-
hens; that an appropriate monument DC erected l."
their memory, and Il committee was appointed 10 car
Nv ont the wirhcn uf the mcetlI that sibscrip-
he taken up for the benefit q" the families at The
renstd aud that the City Council he requested To
offer reward vi S,,lO for the detection and convIc-
tim "t the ncendiary. subscription was then taken
up and II - were collected.
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From the Wellington Union. NV ls
OR RELATIONS WITH GREAT BRITAIN.
The arrival Of the Pucc, while il brings more full
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