The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-07-14
LOCAL N ATTEfkS.
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| HEAVY CRASH The falling of tae
large three story double tenement brick house, ou
south Main street. between 18th aud 20tb. al [
O'CLOCK las, Monday night, came down with such q
crash Thar IL alarmed most every one living in
| the Immediate neightorhood. aud the noise was
distinctly heard on Sbockoe Hill The west tere-
inent Was owned by Neil NcCurdy and the ast by
John II. Williams. The building. though appa-
rentiy substantial, liIs been gradually giving way
| Tor several months. Ii was built ia 1919, ~ DR..
Adams. and at that time Was looked npon AZ fl ne
establishment. The Of the fall was the
gradual giving way Of the PARTITION wall at its
i1nbdatiou, which seems to have been almost the
entire support of the floors and roof The first
moor OF the east tenement was occaI led by b.
Iiirsn rs clothing store Mr J, T. Morris and his
family living above il. The ist door of the west
,sneTeht was occupied ty Wan Rose grocery,
Mr j. Oikiey and Mrs Green Irving above him.
On Sunday night last Mr. }. A Oakley was
aroused ny The Continual barking of his dog, and
on getting up to ascertain the cause, found that
,ne partition wall was set,liag. lie Immediately
RaVe lbe alarm to the other residents OF the huusp
ano IN the course Of the day, on Monday. all If
! them moved out, aud thbs saved their lives Mr.
Noee' oeiie''hg ihere was no danger, refused to
hosea hss groceries, and therefore sot them caught
ih tue WTeCh Bnt at the earnest solicitation of bis
wife, permitted his family to leave and at NIGHT
lotlGwei them. Had the wall given way in the
day Iime- tie destruction Of life might have been
serious. "A 1t was, no person was il jursd. though
Hiessrs ). NJ. francisco aud Vim. :. JfnkiDs had
Jast passed the building on the opposite side of
ihe STREET when the crash took place scattering
The bricks aud tmbers in every direction.
APPROACHING FAIRS TN the Goth Of
October next, by which time the beautiful and
spacious Hall, now beiug built on 9th street W IN
be completed, the Virginia Mechanics Institute
viii open its Il th annual exhibition Of mechanism
manufactures, the arts, female handiwork, inyet-
tous, drawing, etc, which is expected to surpiss
any hing Of the kind ever witnessed in the Old
Dominion. Already the Exhibition Committee are
distributing their clTcu ars throughout the Uuiou
inviting competition, aud as the chief aim of the
lnsitute is to educate the working classes Of the
ecuth, We are sure that the press throughou the
country will give it helping hand
On the 18th of the same month the L. 8 lrrj-
cultural Society under the auspices OF the Central
| Society Of Virginia, will hold their annual Fair
! here, and thus attract to Richmond thousands o,
strangers, who could not he dra sn here by a mere
! local show. This immense gathering will visi, the
institute while here, aud thus have an opplrtuDi
i y OF examining the machinery, Inventions, manu-
acturcs, works of art, etc. sent there for exhbi
ti"n-"hle those who attend the Fair of the In
stitu'e Will visit that Of the u. 5. Society and
| thereby add 10 its receipts.
These Fairs will prove highly advantageous Ia
all exhibitors iaasmuch business is ouce more
revising. aud we feel assured that mechanics Gl
imanuticturers will lave the sagacity to have spe
/ clineas OF their products hand for examiua
Ei1u.