American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-08
q, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH s, 1860.

sole superintendent Of The work. Most
likely, ,rbutcfonth the heavy rain .ofotbe pre-.
ceding day,rthes catastrophe I would have
been ayoidsd;i but1therei was evident,lask1 4
ofsn experienced head to 3coniroli@sansdj |
EoGinexperianced and thoughtless laborers.l
The wall itself was staunohfand solid . dbs-
ing over afoot Thick, but in the dangerous
process undermining, no csution what !
oyer appearssto have been exhibited. We
hope that the blame wllhbe attached upon !
The right shoulders s,eu saoiiiioq aaeilsY
lAVe had almostforgst to mention that
during the exciting scenes Of the forenoop.
the Mayor, aththe headsofa a squad aof 4po
lice, was busy in rendering assistance and
enforcing order. a'aq
o. ii.j aG} .g7oiNciDESTs.l scj'cm 10
I'VE have heardof seyeralthearttouch-
ing sceneScouhected with this melancholy
event. The intelligence of sths disaster,
| spread with the proverbislq alacrity Of ILL.,
news, and in an almost incredible short,
timo, alatge crowd iof the relatives and
friends of the unfortunate men who were
1 crushed in the ruin, were upon the spot.---l
1 One young man With an infant in ber arms
and child, apparently about two years
old, Juggling the skirt Of her dress. with
hair disheyeled, and countehanoe, npop
every liueament Of which. despair and ,.ors
ror were daguerreotypei, burst through
| the surrounding crowd. whichlnstinciiss
Ely opened 10 afforda passage 10 one.whose
appearance too surely proclaimed her right
to explore the ,seene1 Of misery With
the first sight Of the mass Of orqlns. her
eye drank in the full extent Of her loss,
she was d widow land her little 6pes were
fathsrlesss ,Theistreng,hghinh had thus
Gar SUPPORTED her; pgaEe way, and but for
some mpa,hizing by, ISLANDERS, shelwould
have fallen Aostha ground.sRw bEeu,b sidT
ge"0h, John, ,John4 4'lRaid shes and those
who heard the adespairing accents will not
easily forget the scenei g"andl l. parted
from youtibis7morning with 'sn' qnkind
word upon my atongue5'bSog e~aia sa] ~
II We heard csflerwardlhat the husband oi
the poor woman, was among these Whc
were most fesifully nangled. --gS,iaH
slaA little girl who arrived with her moth
or at the scene of disaster, Recognized tn,
msnglAd form Of herfather, and 5throwinG
, herself upon the bloody otrps, was final!
: draggAdaNay ina oouvulsvsnitl 's,sfrfrcy
oSEhere were many suclg heart aceratine
exhibitions Of grief which faund its out
, vent in frantic demonstration but we hay'
yet anothcrrto record. of,deep, SILENT psin
, ful clIaracte f.,l5iio q sio9 sssB suftgl
| 81 Fromllheg moment ,shslgazed upon ithi
/ mutilated fern of her husband, the wife o
; Tbos. Sayres. has only appeared tOilig'
+ mechanically Thetieu atain Oh the hear
: which in cases OF sorro " usually swelbuJ
! TO the eyes, ,hae no vent, butts appears Il
harsting the fcseSg oiry from which !,theJ
. cannot fnc an outlet. .as;s % gai
No tear mostenedstheteyes no b rnurmu
of sofrew escaped the parched and fever
S ishHps. bat from the moment the herrit
' calamity was 6xedsl upon ahsr mind, tn
s despair and hopelessuess ,efaa brsakinl
D heart wasgstamped hpon eacbaloek and ac
Z stion. bee ,iiui a ie31sm sBT-jsad8