Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-12-03
rerrible and Fatrl Accident.

| ruins of the Central Haii Road lfleVator,
which was burned ON Monday evening, 1th
inst. There was an immense quantity OF
gnlin IN the Elevator at the time of the
frc---about 250, 900 buslicls-and this, al
though partially burned, was not so badly
injured but that it attracted II crowd of our
poorer citizens to obtain it, at az low a rate
| as possible Eversnce'the fire, il has been
selling at from tao to three shillings a bag,
the buyers using i. for the purpose of feed
ing to stock of all kinds.
The walls of the Elevator, partially fall
en-, still remained since the bnrning in u
very shaky aud dangerous condition, an av-
cragc height Of forty feet, and daily quite
crowd, principally women, have been on
tho spot buying the damaged grain, and
carrying it off in small carts or bags.
Yesterday, as previously, crowd WAS
between the two Western walls, in which
those mvng charge of the grain were sell
ing it, when, with scarcely prbmonition,
the second wall to the Fast fell inwards on
the vacancy, crushing down n number (thc
real number has not been asccrtancd,) and
burying them beneath the ruins. 4 num-
Der were thrown in the creek by the fall,
but were, fortunately, rescued thercfrom
by some men at work on canal bouts aud
vessels near by.
immediately crowd collected, and tho
most earnest oGdcavors were made by bo-
dy of men to rescue, if possible, those un-
fortunately buried beneath the ruins, and
to recover the dead
The first brought out, after severe labor,
was poor woman who was stricken face
downward into the grain. Her lower
limbs were frEhtfully crushed, and it is
impossible that She can survive. She was
dying when taken off We did not ascer-
tain her nanc.
The next removed was German woman,
the wife of John Gardner, residing on
Gcnncscc.strect. Her neck was broken
short off, and she was lying on her
breast when she was fourd. Her body,
otherwise, was crushed out of all shape,
and wasa ninss of gore and wounds.
The third taken out was the body of n
widow woman named Bridget Kelly, who
resided ut the house of Martin Roach, on
the corner of Michigan and Elk-streets.-
Her body WAS entirely crushed by the vast
weight which had fallen upon it, and eve
ry bone in her body WAS broken.
There w;ls supposed to be quito num-
Der of others under the ruins, but in re-
mcnts. One man, who had been shovel
ing grain almost beneath the wall, but who
had stepped over to the opposite wall for
moment, says there WAS Il large crowd
present, and that large number of them
ysere str,,ol. -In'cn On Tho contrary. MIR.
Williams, the man who WIS selling the
grain at the time, states that there were
but few around at the time, as most of
them had gone home to dinner lie thinks
that all who were buried beneath the wall
the women mcntioncd-wcrc got out.
ut one o 'clockthc workmen stopped DIG
ging, convinced that no more use for their
labor existed, while in the opinion of the
crowd around, n number nt!ll remained be-
tween the debris of the wall and an i'm
mcnsc pile of wheat which poured over
from a large bin in the adjoining compart-
ment, when the wall fell.
| The greatest excitement prevailed for
hours in the vicinity of the accident, tho
agony and suspense of husbands, wives and
parents, in regard to those buried in the
runs, being painful to behold. We saw
the husband OF Mrs. Gardner sitting on
Che front seat of lumber wagon, in which
lay the crushed and shapccss remains of
his wife, alternately shricking with sorrow
and agony, and laughing like Il maniac ut
his calamity
This accident occurred in consequence
of the injury the walls had received from
the severe heat of the fire, also in meas
urc weakened By the heavy storms of Sun
day and the weather experienced since.
BrbaIo CoWrtcr, 16M inst
REPENTANT FUGIrIvEs.-Somc of the
runaway slaves whoeame North are greatly
disappointed at the condition of the free
lncgros, and are glad to get bnck to the pro-
lection of some ore capable of providing
for them. A Richmond Va, paper says:
a negro woman named Margaret Price,
emnncipated fifteen years ago by Mr..
Price, was atthc Mayors Court, yesterday,
for the purpose Of taking the nitiatory steps
for being sold into slavery She had been
IN Philadelphia, and experienced the " ad-
vantagcs " of negro life in the North and
her preference having settled decidedly ur-
on"Old Virginia" she comes back will,
determination to remain if possible.
Che above reminds us Of a cuse that re-
Gently. came to our knowledge A gentle
man who went from Connecticut to n South.
orn State, several years ago, and became
the owner of slaves, made visit to the
North, three years ago, bringing with his
family niddlc-agcd woman, in tho eapac-
ity of nurse--betwccn whom and lis fam.
NY thefe had been strong attaehment--