The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-07-14
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
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In the rear with cnpslo On sa situated ON Union
seveI = s.,ss;fe the new Baptist neetsng nous.,
sqG:.s, Ir,,p,,;sd by Mr. Wetheren. Wnose i,mhy
rrrnhers seven, and by bis partner nl- Syias
Brown and family, Eve In num ,.,. 80 ! ~. W.
,l! ne nd hs wife slept Ia chamber IN the
y 49, ,be sitting room, ana below the latter
III. L;,eheu 10 which, IS Is supposed from
~ s,svss that were found, the keg OF powder was
placed. .,o,,sa.a bv Tho no;se NJ The
.-sins;o, ana though she had no distinct idea OF
Sh.s had occurred spoke to her husband, VINO
;nrnadateiy became aware that dense smoke
-. filing the room, the plasfering OF the sitting
room below having been torn on IN such manner
=. a admit it's free passage. He hurried down
.t.rs the back way but could not enter the kitch-
on nm account Of the thick smoke. He perceived,
however that the house was on hre, ana directing
his wife and children to leave by another passage
way be obtained . frkin of water standing near
the house. and with the aid Of the neighbors, who
soon assembled succeeded in quenching the
flames though the powder smoke which niied the
hons for several hours led the Inmates 70 search
repeatedly during the night, from fear that In
some part 1t was still on fire.
The chief scene of disaster was in the rear
The kitchen Is . mass of ruins. stout brick
wall is in some parts thrown down and In others
crack ed and broken 80 that it must be demolished
The window frames and blinds are blown Out
bodily, some of them landing at considerable dis
lance from the house The stout partition of Z
shed adjoining the kitchen was thrown down. the
doors being blown off and broken. The wal
above the kitchen was blown up, and the furni
ture of the setting had fell down, filling the
kitchen with broken stuff, furniture, boards, crock
cry, &C., in one mass OF ruin The large cooking
stove In the kitchen was broken A considerable
quantity Of matches were found upon the top o.
il OF different kind from those used in the house
In the cellar a partition was blown down and the
beams started.
The parior, which is in 'front.' on the same foo
with the sitting room, is filled with the fragment
Of the furniture with which IL was furnished A
heavy sofa lies in front of the fireplace, having
been thrown across the room by the rising OF
portion of the floor for about foot Mahogany
chairs were broken into small pieces, and carr
table was nearly demolished, together with man,
smaller articles A looking glass fell with the fac
downward upon the floor and was not broken. TIL
window frames of this room were blown out Thi
is the chief damage in the part occupied BY Nh
Wetheren.
It was fortunate for the inmates that they al
slept in the upper part of the house. which is unin
iured the powerful powder blast finding vent h,
bursting out the sides of the lower part of tn
building The clock in the kitchen of Mr.. Wethe
rem stopped at half past one, which indicates yer,
nearly the time Of the explosion.
The inmates of the adjoining houses were a
awakened by the shock, which shook the furnitur
a. if an earthquake had occurred This mornin
. large crowd were examining the ruins, and mes
sures were taken to have a legal investigation b,
calling on justice of the peace to hold fire in
quest