The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-03-05
,xnay MORNING. ..... MARCH .. tsS0
rrPRIBLE DISASTER AT GIN
CHM Att.
ain. ef a Church Waii--1hirtern Meu
'h.d 20 Death dreadful Scenes, Ac.

,.t,,,s ef Chmrch Wall Thirteen Vie"
'h.d 20 Death Dreadful Scenes, Ac.
c, +.tl,ne ol the walls Of 50. NavIers
IA Cincinnati, on Thursday last, while
.,,r we're engaged in demoitshing the
.,.,s has been noticed by telegraph. The
.,... the oldest owned by the Catholics
,itv. hut had been recently used as n
A. The time OF The disaster, abont
90 y,ark,nen were engaged in taking II
.hirteen Of whom were instantly crush
.t,ath by the falling walls. From The
...rnat, papers OF Friday we take the fol-
account ot the disaster,
1.. -,.f and upper part Of the building
tehan down last week, and on Tuesday
.he woG kulen undermined ihe North wall
.sa rurpose Of causing II 10 :ail INTO The
which was covered by the ediiice. The
~ We heiityA. was two feet in thickness,
ttne brick had been removed from II near
.t base throughout ats entire iength. DAY
- Yesterday the rain which fell incessati-
.ssrord "a have the effect OF weakening The
,u whsl4 i,s weight acting as a kind Of ie.
,sade u quite INSECURE. No work lad
.s, DONE. however, since Inrsuay, unit yes
...jay morning ia consequence OF The inclem-
-, a; the. weather at which time fifteen
,.r,,., we're set 10 work for the purpose OF
...tug down this portion OF The structure,
th.ch was about twenty feet high and thirty
.4.t III length the remainder OF the workmen
beng usaEed upon other parts ot the ouliu'
iuE
Hsrdly had the men begun their operations
vt4n the wall, partly through their immediate
.t.deayors aud partly from the reasons W.
have gwen above, unc1 1prcttdiy feiiah bufie'
ln lis runs thirteen persons. TWO OF those en-
gagged in the work, III some almost miraculous
m%nuer escaping from the general slaughter
with which their companions Were over,
,sEeimrd The news of III" disaster sIiieid III
~ - n y,aI N~tf ff
.,erp of time and. might have been expect
a. drew an immense concourse OF p'ppI" to
.,.. .repe A. soon the dust had suilicieut-
,, ifarrd away 10 enable the Workmen TO pro-
..4t vlth the painful duty Of taking their
.t4radrs from me ruins, the work WAS begun.
t,.rv person seemed 10 be seized with desile q
n. -N.ricaIe the bodies, and the work pro-
,r..-ed very rapidly. The first taken out was
~.rh-n Clacken, who was alive and able TO
inverse for a little while; but although med
"a, ala was immediately called, after lingering &
rr4 short time and suffering the lntensest
sr.rv, he died.
several physicians were on the spot ready
o., cr.r any professional assistance which
,aIght be III ,helr power. The crowd of per
..', however. for some time seriously inter
,,.d with lhe work II eXtTicating the bodies,
qrt,i-hough every eif0r. made, they could
,.., he kept At a sufficient distance 10 render
-. ,,ork expeditions. until The arrival of the
..4c- force who succeeded in driving them
ti,k. and s!NihE th~se engaged III the "ofA
tf.rty IL room.
a. may be- supposed, the ruins were cleared
away IN 4 remarkably short space OF time and
m. /. die. taken from the grave IN which they
t.t b-4u buried alive. They presented !
,taesIag appearance, being literally crushed
,.q,5nl, and most Of them We're III such con-
d.r1n that they could only be recognized by
iA-iT clothing
ali at the scene oi their dea h, and their shrieks
erie. and l4mru tatiUns, together with the geu-
grsl cons ierHttlon and excitement which may
~. more readily imagined than described
,ic.t = new horror to the calamity. Wives
and mothers threw themselves upon the man
,.i remains II The nus bands and sons, kissed
if.. crushed faces of those who, bat hour
or Two before, had letf them full Of life and
A-aI,h and children. flenZied with the sight
a. :ho>e Who had given them being. filled the
ar with ,hr mosl heart piercing cries.
The ltblrrr> scattered about other portions
o.. he ou.i.n-. who had been almost para
Nlej hy the horrible tragedy SO suddenly
'td 40 lhriT view. at once began the work of
tXAuglAg the rrmalns Of their fallen com
radrs. As body after body was brought 20
hgl' the spectacle Present ted WAS revolving iu
lie extreme All were so terribly manged
thar III some Instances recognition was almost
impossible
Ihe skul of one was broken into small
pieces, aHd his hat filled with clotted blood
ald brains Another was nearly severed in
twain The flesh was stripped from the face
o! third, leaving the muscles and bones eX-
I,sed % view, while the eye. protruded from
.helJ >Jcaets III The most revolving manner
>Al another was 50 terribly crushed thai, had
u not been for his clothing, he would have
fallen 10 pieces and even his " lie failed To re-
e1gniIe thr partner of her bosom.
bar 6itAe men, who was engaged as a labor
- wholly es,1ied INJURY IN the following mi
ttuious manner He was standing, when tho
Ntll trlI, immediately opposite Il window and
'Ar mass II bricks and mortar passed over his
head. let'lng his body, which passed through
'hr aperture, wholly uninjured One other
slr7 but lie can hardly tell by what means.
lis lus.i3H. aud the caution he displayed
When the wall first began to toppie, saved him,
h5"r'er from the ruin III which his com
lt.iJns WeTt. lost.
!nr killed are Timothy Shay, John Russell,
iahA 'Iallaher an eX- policeman, Jas. heaInty,
Nrg1rA Clacken, Daniel Brady, Jno. Duny,
Ih9s Sayers, Richard Fitzgerald. Thos Mar
I'd timothy Sullivan, John Sullivan and
J'44 Manly.
Subscription has been started 10 aid the
ll1.lrs Of the laborers whQ were killed. over
s>eois already subscribed and meeting was
bed on Friday on Change for the purpose Of
lt'easing the amount.
IAN MURDERED BY WOMAN respecta-
os farmer named Budd, was shot and killed
+ Aecomac county, Va, on Friday night of
~ "rek, by woman named Mary Simpson.
lie Norfolk Day Book says:
>hr sent "A small boy 10 his house 20 request
am 10 come 10 her house, between eight and
"'AT CLOCK AT night, a. she want ted TO see him
Va important business. He Went according 10
Nrt1'Alnent, but fearing that all was not
.tA| teuk Il nelghbor ana his little son with
"'4 lie Knocked At The door lightly, when
s"' asked who u was lie said 1T Is l who
.2a sent for to-day" The light in the house
'5 Pu' out, The door opened, and lmm ediate-
E received the contents OF a pistol-a ball
"1eA proved afterwards 10 have entered his
iht man who was shot, started home,
''H wien about fifty yards from his house;
taII'ed nome by his neIghb0r and died in
", 'Wehty-IUur hours. The woman, who
~ 80 ia''' is named Mary Simpson, says She
1'. ulh f'f breaking IN her house but the
s"sVI VINO accompanied Mr. Budd, (lhe
r-., ""iea says he only knocked At the door
"L1 4 small button on the inside was
t'7A buisitd of. / seems this Miss Simp-
Rs'st'eu 10y herself on the land ad dloining Mr.
,O ,'lO VIA n was owned by Il man named Lii
= VINO, lew days previous, had a diiii-
On WIN Budd which resulted iii 4 fight
Iiao1I' Gay, last Monday, This man, Tuily
TtoH Went 10 The Jail to visit this woman.
h. Ae'teihtnt against him was so great that
a.t - prohibited from going 10 the Jail again,
tbs, 'FIEloh that he was either the person
ana "'' ,I budd or instigated il, soon spread,
g5pl, % sa4a II any one had proposed il, he
nave been lynched.
Atns 'hVEhAkERs' SIRIkE.-There is but
.,,.L" aad II our previous accounts of the
III Lynn. At a meeting in the square
NaI pudf afternoon, Mr. Draper announced
man LANA, Me, aud Great Falls, Sal
Farm,a~'S' hilton, Dover Hamilton and
ham on' y. H., had all struck. Stone
l-- ,,Isti ali ripe, and had sent for d commit
len ,,arl <' mat place. The shoemakers n Sa-
Liam ~ aiso ready. AT mass meeting IN
Tie pi.SDay, IRE fJllOWing was stated
walca had t-'' a' In replying 10 an aliusion