New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-21
DESTRUCTIVE LAND SLIDE IN TROY.
ST. PETERS COLLEGE PARTIALLY BURIED.

ST PETERS COLLEGE PAkIlALL1 BURIED.
F,om rAs Try DAliy VAC
terrible ayalanche--froun wbich calamity cur city
has beer fee TOR many yesrs-occurred sbon. eight
O'Clock last evening, involving the s.niost entire de-
strucon Of the magiscen, huiing how 10 coarse Of
erection at the head Of Washington street near the
bste of Mount lis known ss 81. Peters College. Inc
blow IL q crushing one 10 Father Hsyermans aud the
many friends OF TIE institution.
The College was located upon large plateau, TO
which the appro lcb was by broad fight Of stsps.
IL was the ghss. building in that vicinity AMI nearest
the bill Below IT, At the base Of the steps, are nndi
Der OF houses upon " ashogtou street. Tue bu,hing
was intended 20 be syery large one JO feet 10 length
snd five stories high, with two Ia sers Only ts0
stories he'd been pe,ed and the woik OF onsIac-
ton WAS in vigorous prose cuoI at - TINS o; the
disaster, by Mr.. Mcclure, tho mason 10 charge.
Mount Ida commenced its slope about thirty foet In
the rear OF the buOing, and from thence rore qate
gradually to tho summit. An avalanche wa never
Grtsmtd OF.
Ats O'Clock last evening the slide took p'soe. A
man VINO hyes rear by, and was witness to the
catastrophe ssys that the earth sld down sith very
little noise iill nIesched the wall of the collage.
Here its progress stopped Tor moment, ul gath
erir new strengtb II burst the barrier, and, with
sonr like distant thunder hlled the building "a mo-
me ut, denoishbg beams, bnk-walls and partt pos,
and covering the entire central part Of the efics.
The ront wall also crushed In, but it suhi,cd 70
stay the progress Ut the avalanche.
A large crowd coon Assem- Died At the scene, and
many of them rsked their lives in vain Attempts ~
explore the ruins and discover the extent of The dis
asfer People could be seen IN tho bright might
standing upon projecting mssses OF earth, directly
under overhanging binds Although the particulars
Of the calamity cannot be accurately ascartaoed I'LL
today il is feared that st. Peters College
be rebuilt in the locality. The center Of tho
building is buried up 10 The depth of several feet
At the south, about one quarter Of tho building 10
eth standing; at the north, hardly than the end
val remains. IL ia said that from tO 900 TO $4,000
had been lately expended on the workthe foundation
being very sod. Probably two thiris OF this snonnt
will be a total loss. No worn men had been in tho
building since the previous day g. Panick's bsng q
holiday but twenty minutes before the occurrence,
crowd OF boys playing upon the be aud walls.
The tine Of the sccicent prevented fearful Ices of
ife-over 100 mechanics being engaged In the
building.
II is oonectured that the college and is terrace
bad not been constructed u0resrared by this barrier
the earth would have reached the 10 cement houses
and perhaps, even d' stroyed the hospital.
I he hill 10 row IN very dangerous state, and
another svalsLcbe may be spprehsnded at any mo-
m.nt. The uountsin IL IN deTmibed, and Al INNS sse
of earth hss ltis or no support. The occupants
of many houfes in the vicinity have moved oil their
household goods 10 a place Of safety. 49,.
Ire uOi.e of the avalanche WA head all over the
0ser pant Of the city. The event produced Intense
excitement The fact that II resulted In no 0es u life
or limb should be ,ource of cOngratulation.
The loss occasioned by the land slide which has bn.
RED ST. Peters College is estimsted At sbOlt f7J.
IL Is yet undecided wheber the Directors VI the Inst
tuition will remove The EARTH repair the sfeakages and
coInplste the building abandon Il altogetheri bat
probably the latter course viii oe adopted The Ices
falls Upon the projectors and those who have mse do
nations.
The csuse Of the ayslancbs is said to hsve been
,prpg Of water which percolates the ii aod which,
IL ia thought penetrated between the clay and the
layer Of gravel above IL. The former thus ns1o
slippery and the latter left without adequate support
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