Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-09-14

shot down, SOME fellow, 5eeirc IL was not Ec' n'"n'
| presented n pistol ana attempted again 10 Siio't r','i'
| but he was prevented by apiiGGoty7 (by CIi'' .ic,
y"wan, we believed and Rcafdoi was taken !" "
placc of suiciy, ami lIigcftd until next day, when ne
Ii,ni. Seeing the tat. al! l]trarinn, Oh man '!ii'!h
WIS much alnInIc,i, hut he was compelled to choose
L.lwreu being burnt alive and the c!IIlicc IL otiii-
.!r,;. and he VAS dressed up III woman ; clothes, WIFE
=, snu-bnnurt on his lrHI, and III tn" disguise S'hrtcd
into the street; but he had no sooIlcr lett the door
,Lnr IA. was shot down, and being recognized was
tI,ruwu into the flames. 1iIe other k:ardn'i' sr"!''S
10 inn, that had bciallcn both his brother and quinn
remained in the building un'ii me hI"t W. "'in
o;"J.r. ,irnyc the nab back from the houses, ana Al
8 n,nn,cnt wlcr their attention was directed 20 some
n,h.r mini. he seized the occasion anu escaped D.
49, W. IT. IT,, tho room, however. his ct0hh'" "nt al
mast Lurn,i og'ot him, ana 4 inonen; OF TWO ''nae''
n. vnrlI hav, been Il victim To the ilhllca' .
w. hn,a berc,,corc published the circumstance o'
IN. ,nnr yv;d,u; who wrs out III the city somewhere
doing q days work at washing, ascel.ai,"E ' Inr
her house was on fire, she rushed nome uiu Wv :" I n
little children hudd!ed tO-e!llrrii d c'osc'' m ~ ~, Tho
located with the smoke. She cScai'r'' W. ': L 49,.
mercy of God saved her children. ITO" Nn""! INV
mothers were equally luckily caIiipt De '"i'' ,r.,
We have been told OF another incInen!. - 80
Of some fifteen Irish, men, women an" c"''n'" " .,i
in one room. The lire WIS gaming on mn ".'
death looked near. Two of the men detrr'iiii'cn ~ ~
try Ia escape. They rushed into the Structure -"
was raised by the mob, md one "t them ~ s ~;
down. The other was wounded, hut He'd, anu ~.
TnilclN cSttEtt!. W mic attention ~ III iva
rccted to these two, some Of the others also eScal',ch'
but how many Succeeded cannot be asccrtnihe''' In:
ashes Of some OF those women and children may no"
be- mingled with the ruins at QUINN r"w.
Another incident. Some twelve "r fifteen iriHn-
men were in one Of the cellars. The cellar WAS nj
ready on fire, when one Of them attempted 10 "'capr.
He pat hi- llcnh out Of the window, hut afraid 70 90
out. he still fingered with his body partly OF Of the
window. He was discovered by some humane per.
son and rescued; but hjs lcg. and the lower part "i
his body were 20 burned that ne could not walk. aud
bad to be carried away. What became of the other
men who were in the cellar with him he does not
know. but T.. thanks they wrTc AZ bp,md mp.
These urc Il few of tho incidents ot Qri!rns row.
They show the dread Extremity i'll which the inmates
Of those buildings were placed. Dcntl by the pistol
was b-for. them. and death by fire il they remained
was certain; ana We; many fingered, hoping that some
thing would iatcrposc 10 save them, until, doubtless,
they fell sullncatrd with heat aud smoke, and were
with the burning buildings. Geo ID. Prem
tico had provided well that his victims should not cs-
capc. His command To- tire" was hut too well obey
ed, and the souls OF, oh, how inany! were sem I" the
seat of God, for thai mercy which their
irllOw-mcn refused them.