The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-06-25
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- afternoon ~ twenty minutes pasr otelock
IN - wah Of the lares four story brick build
ds,on 4 ssefnor S,e street. occupied By Messis Hab-
feet of ,he .s.sv save rsy; and .beut oue handrsd
r. s,nsniag the furniture IN the home q *
!. ~ oesoeer last - our readers VII rer,e,nher
-. ~. . snc ~ no1se. at that time occupied bv
.d,a;n;nc ~ Mu.u - = fnfniture ware-room, and
fire and was entirely eousuu,ed g.. 49,. so1N
since. Mr.. Charles Philips under ssc.s.s.s 49,
2 Q s1cavate foundation on thas site for / new
Se,; .na - n.u kaos several feet below the fouu
dauon OF MessrF. Haeiistoas house the vrcrt-.s,,
underpinning the south wan q ,hev nrcs,s..sd nsn
Hhis deep excavation, extending bsek frsr, Ssss
ernor street about one hundred fees .sn.as -.
wall 70 give way and the house to fan =" '-' -
TIE building extended from 18th to ls,b .trs..
and was built with an eye to strength ma dus.'
oihty The frst second and part Of the thira 80.
ries were occupied by the Aessr4 HabIiston ,,
store furniture 10. while portion Of the third .nd
fourth stories fronting on 18th street, were usei
tor work shops in which number of journeymen
cabinet makers were employed At the time the
accident occurred, Mr.. Charles Habiiston was
standing In the trout room of the first story con-
versing with two ladies, when he heard the win
dow glass cracking, and Judging the cause, ran
Into the street with them giving the alarm to the
men who were excavaiing and uuderpinnine In
the foundation adjoining immediately after the
wall began to settle rapidly, and by the time all
those in the foundation had retreated 10 a plaee
OF safety, came dswn with tremendous crash,
filling the foundation with bricks, furniture and
timber =
As is usual in the afternoon, q large number of
persons were passing and repassing Governor
street. and the wonder is, that ssme Of them were
not killed. The east wall pitched over irso the
street, throwing some OF the bricks into the doors
opposite. & ~
The most remarkable escape was that of Mr..
James Boswell one of the Messrs. Hablistons
workmen. He had just left the workshop in the
west end OF the 6uldog to 60 to the sales room in
the east end, and was on the flight of stairs lead
ing from the fourth to the third story, when the
crash took place. Fortunately for him. the walls
aud floor parted just where he stood the east por-
tion falling. and letting him pass through the Gre
vice thereby created, upon the tumbling rubbish
causing slight cut on one cheek and few
bru ses, but doing him no serious injury. Other
workmen, on finding portion of the walls giving
way, sprang upon the roof of q kitchen in rear of
Messrs. August g. Randolph's office, but the part
Of the house they were In did not fall
At the time that the windows began to crack,
two gentlemen were in front of the store but made
their escape before the walls fell There were
also two horses, attached to vehicles, standing
in front of the store, but both of them ran off
and escaped injury. f7
Immediately after the falling of the walls, which
shook the ground like an earthquake, hundreds of
persons fastened to the scene, ready to lend their
aid, supposiBg that several of the employees Of
the Messrs Habliston had been caught beneath
the ruins, but on enquiry, it was soon ascertained
that all were safe
Another remarkable escape was that of Mr.
Fletcher H. Cowling, whose furniture store ad
joined that Of the Messrs. Habliston on the porth
side. He was standing under skylight in his
back room, cleaning q sword, when several bricks
came through from the falling walls, one of them
striking and breaking the handle of the sword in
his hand G
The fallen building was erected about four years
ago by the late William Mitchell, jr., Of this city,
at cost of Sl2 900 1t is now owned by his estate
and We presume cannot be rebuilt for less than
$4,000
Messrs. Habston g. Bro had about $4,000
worth of stock on hand, most of which Ia badly
broken to pieces. Their loss, it is believed will
not be less than $e COO though this is mere suppo-
sition, no one can tell the damage until the
wreck Is cleared ss.. -fs8s 1859 sd5
Great as has been the loss Of property 1t is graf
flying to state, that notwithstanding the number of
persons employed in the building and the adjoining
foundation rs ell - in passing the street at the
time. no lives were lost, and no one was seriously
injured. az IS aa9a assa4 AZ
Hiskcay Robbery William Cline ma le his .; :
pearance before the Mayor yesterday. to answer
the charge Of robbing John Demendy of $6 Is, on
the night of the 4th of June. Demendy Is . mem
Der of the State Guard, and testified that on the
evening in question, he left his quarters and came
down town. He then strolled about until between
the hours of 10 and IL o'clock when he started for
the Armory On going down 10Th street, between
Main and Gary, he met Cline and three other men.
who asked him to treat. He replied that he would
he knew where he could get drinks. and took the
party into Mathew Casey's house, on Cary street,
where liquors were called for and he paid the bill.
After remaining fifteen or twenty minutes, drinks
were again procured, and when he pulled out bis
pocke book to settle for them the lights were ex
t;n sho1 Ia ha Afk nfad To nv
the baek-way, when he saw q woman prostrated
in the passage and calling for help Before he had
an opportunity of escaping, Cline seized him by
the throat and choked him, while the other men
money it contained From here he went to Riley's
on the capal bank, TO borrow money. that he might
advertise the Tobbers.n, knowing who they were;
but failing to get the money, repaired to bis quar-
ters, where he arrived before o'clock. #. /.
Cross examined.-I had taken but two drinks
that day before i went to Caseys- one about ten
o'clock in the morning, and the other in the after
no IN, at RilSy's. I was sober at the time was
robbed Can't tell the hour, but am sure it wal
between 10 and - o'clock Would know tht
ether parties If were to see them; had never seer
any Of them before that night; was in the houst
about half an hour before was robbed. Did NO
go into any house from the time left Riley's unit
went into Casey's ~4i.
Matthew Casey. sworn.-At . late hour in II,
night the party came into my house and wantet
as my sister was i'll at the time. persuaded then
to GO away. Soon after the light was accidental,
extinguished, heard my sister scream, and OF
fastening TO her assistance, found Demendy In be
room. As soon as Mr. Duke heard what was tn
matter, he knocked Demendy down twice and trie
TO choke him, when interfered and separate
them. Cline never put his hand upon Demend
and he knows Il. 4
Demendy amended his evidence, by stating tha
Casey offered 20 bribe him, the day before, I
leave the city until the fuss had blown over.
Casey, in answer to q question propounded b
the Mayor, said he had told Demendy that th
young men he bad aeeused Of robbing him wer
willing to give him the amount he claimed TO hav
lost rather than to appear at court, bnt that non
of them had taken any thing from him, and thi
Cline hsd not touched his person or his pock'
book.
Mr. Tyrer testified that he stepped into Casey
house about O'Clock that night TO get glass
besr, when he saw the prisoner, Demendy IN
another person standing at the counter in conve
sation. The appearance Of Deneady was that
q drunken man.
The Mayor adjourned the examination until Ii
morning. 10 order to get other wit nesses, and :
mandcd the accused to prison.
Lying on fle SideraH. william Neal got vel
drunk last Sunday afternoon and took lodgings
the street, where officers Tylsr and johnson four
him and took him 20 the cage. Monday morniI
be was examined before the Mayer and discharge
IL being his first appearance.
Iaseieat - Hudson, slave 10 George Manly, VI
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