New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-03-06

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The Cincinnati Commercial oives IN fottou;rs,
particulars ~ tho terrible easuatv N tIt c;ts, Il,
the lst inst. Whereby thirteen men lost their lives
The particulars Vi this disefrsI casnstron5 8 -
nave ny dhgent inyaatsgatIon aecsrtai,ad sI,e1s
ate e ieaeMs AZ zno6s 81 ouy readers 49, aware
" WI WI ~. 4Aslefb Ch1rch has been condemned
No bssn ~ ses ~ aoxe stxsely building, and Il
cess Of demolition. Yesferlaz ss pso ~
81 O'Clock, while foursesn n ~ ~ apoas
,,rsss u rmi1ing the north wall
N razlng itthe masa raneiuv se s,5re 49, =
length, and from twenty Is sirfs n s go e
ened BY the late hsaxy rains totssred IA III ~.
Marrsion escsped Mis rs people only ons John
II was BY the merest neeiden4 s5.4t 80 81.
indiyidnai escaped the fate 81 md crxss
He had passed from tic outside IN Ke ~;
.h ~ apsI.ure to the interior when ne heard
way. and darling into the basement ~ 1917
in saving his life. Another 6tenhe5 f,ara g.
not 20 fortunate be was upon tie outside When ~
ran from the falling min infes "
poor fellow thought too soon, that Ia ss ~
the reach Of danger, Tor turning arous.a y sS,su
the extent Of the disaster mass ii ia rubhsl,
struck him upon the head and abdomen go ~
was feed to The ground He was rsnoysd IN, " IA as
residence on Sixth street east Of BrosdWsy s ~
be fingered for some hours ii arony. IA fhss
breathed his last. x : 80 ~ .Ac q.
!, $500 - 80 pisAsikh--ln short time hun
dreds q persons we're upon ths spot, and voisn3
teers were not wanting q ia xiih piefs ana etssr
implements IN the speedy endeavor a aSsSisas
ne victims; but. alas &c mang!sd condlsion &
tembs Of brick and morter dcsxovss III NJ ~
that might have been entertained.
It was remarked that they had fallen w5thIn !.
short space 81 each other. their feet appessing si
as they were recognized BY their HiSes M.
fortunately nearly al were married, and were n.
thers-the scene was replete with aronv Tha
poor people mostly resided in the vicinity. nn5
hence II was that intelligence Of the disaster
reached them Immediately. As with the despsir
Of bereavement they hung over the scarcely dis
cernable forms Of those whom they had % IafeIs
seen in the Figor Of health, a more heart-rendinS
picture of hopeless misery can hardly be con
ceived.
LIST OF THE LrLLED.-The following Il an aeon
rate list Of the victims as they were recognized by
their nearest friends: :
Timothy Sullivan, aged 90. He was identified b1
biz brother He resided on Seventh street, neal
Daniel Brady, aged 30 years. He resided or
North street, between Seventh and New, and has
left wife and one child
John Duffy. recognized BY his wife, resided d.
ia East Eighth Left a wife aud two children
James Herman, young man from Brown county,
Ohio. He was well educated and intelligent HE
came to this city to pursue bis studies, but being
without means, was compelled, in order to remain
a56Da
Timotf Shay, d tailor BY trade, but being unable
to obtain employment at his legitimate business,
he accepted the temporary employment BY which
he met his death. He resided on Seventh street
near Broadway, and has left six children and q
wife, who expects to be shortly confined with the
seventh.
Thomas Martin, recognized BY Ills brotherlin.
aw, Michael Carney. He resided on Sixth street,
near Broadway, and leaves wife and two children.
John Manley, recognized by his brother Thomas.
When dug from the ruins, bis heart was beating
but it was speedily stilIed In DEATH
He lived on Sixth street, near Broadway, and has
eft wife and four children.
j Thomas Sayres, Identified by Catherine, his wife.
lie resided on Eighth street, between Sycamore
md Broadway, and, besides his widow, has left
! John Sullivan, Identified By Michael Sullivan,
streets, and Main and Sycamore. 49, - q
John Russell, identified by his wife Elizabeth.
He resided in Longworths building, on Sixth
street, east Of Pike, and has left wife and five
children.
The heart and a portion of the last victim was
literally crushed from bis body, and found among
he ruins at A o'clock in the afternoon.
Patrick Gallagher who resided on Third street,
between Park and Mi formerly a policeman IN.
Ter the old Democratic administration.
Stephen Clarken, whose near escape we have
.lready mentioned. He died at his sisters resi-
lence, on Sixth street, near Broadway.
The last on the list is Richard Fitzgerald, who
streets. This is q deplorable case. Four months
ago his wife died. leaving four children, the oldest
not nine years old, and the youngest yet infant
1t the breast.
INcrDENrs.-We have heard Of several heart
ouching scenes connected with this melancholy
event. The intelligence of the disaster spread
With the proyerbial alacrity of ilnews and in an
almost incredible short time, large crowd Of the
'elatives and friends of the unfortunate men who
we're crushed in the ruin, were upon the spot One
Young woman with an infant in her arms, and
child, apparently about two years old, Juggling at
he skirt of her dress, with hair disheveled, and
sountenance upon every lineament of which des-
pair and horror were daguerreotyped, burst
through the surrounding crowd, which instinct
vely opened to afford a passage to one whose APP
pearance too surely proclaimed her right to ex-
olore the scene Of misery. With the first sight of
The mass of ruins her eye drank in the full extent
of her loss; she was widow, and her little ones
were fatherless. The strength which had thus far
supported her gave way. and but for some sympa.
Ehzing by-standers, she would have fallen to the
ground.
Oh! John, John!" said she--and those who
heard the despairng accents will not readily forget
The scene-"and parted from You this morning
with an unsind word upon my tongue
We heard afterward that the husband of the poor
woman was among those who were most fearfully
mangled.
A little girl who arrived with her mother at the
scene of disaster, recognized the manged form of
her father, and throwing herself upon the bloody
1T.
There were many such heart decorations of grief.
which found its outyent in frantic demonstration,
out we have yet another to record of deep, silent
ind painful character.
From the moment she gazed upon the mutilated
orm of her husband, the wife of Thomas Sayres
las only appeared to live mechanically. The foun-
ain of the heart, which in cases of sorrow usually
well up to the eyes, has no vent but appears to
well to bursting the reservoir from which they
,annot find an outlet
No tear moistened the eye no murmur of sorrow
escaped the parched and feversh lips, but from
he moment the horrid calamity was fixed upon
Ter mind, the despair and hopelessness of break
ng heart was stamped upon each look and action.
SuFF0cATED BY Coal GAs.-The Easton {Pae
Express Of the 2Ith ult gives the following account
# the death of Mr.. VIM. Woehler, from sleeping
n room exposed to the exllalations Of burning
,oal:
1t appears that William Woehler, an old citizen
If Bethlehem, who had been in very i'll health for
ome time past, took medicine ON Tuesday last
which seemed to relieve him very much and in the
yening the whole family, consisting of himself his
wife and an adopted daughter retired to rest about
line O'Clock, after Mrs. WoehIer had filed up the
,oal stove, which stood in an adjoining room, and
brown open the door leading into that apartment,
fhe woman and her daughter were worn out with
waiting upon the sick husband and father, and sooi,
ell into sleep, from which, singular to say they
never awoke until Wednesday evening, having
iept something over twenty-one hours Mrs.
NOehler was first to awaken, and supposing it to
be nearly day, she jumped out of bed and COM
menced preparing the hreakfast xyhan a na;uh1.a,.