Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-28
RICHMOND.

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FearfuI CatasfrOphe-Upper Floo
of the Old state House Gives Wa
Under a Heavy Crowd, Failing OF
The House of Delegates below
Over goo Persons KILLED am
Wounded. 9 @ m
RICHMOND, April 27.--Large crowds as
sembled this morning in the upper portion
of the Capitol building, where the Snprem
Court of Appeals is located, 70 hear the dis
cussion in the Mayoralty case. At abou
Ills o'clock the floor gave way beneath thu
dense weight, precipitating the crowd t.
the floor below, which was that of The
House Of Delegates. 1t is hard to ascer
tain at present the extent of injury
so great is the excitement but some arr
killed and large number seriously in
jured. Many escaped the terrible fall by
Humping into the windows when the floor
gave way. The wounded are now being
attended to.
The Killed.
SECOND DIsPATcH-It is impossible 10
ascertain the injuries at this hour. Among
the killed are P. n. Aylett, q distinguished
lawyer, DIR. J. b. Brock, reporter for the
Enquirer and Esaminer, Sam1 Eaton.
clerk to Mayor Cahoon, Capt VIM. A.
Cbarbres, Chief of Fire Department, N.
p Howard, lawyer, A. S. 7. Levy, q
Richmond merchant, Charles Watson, Of
the -Danville railroad, Hugh Hutchinson
and Lurisch Webb, of this city, Schofeld,
brother of Gen. Schofeld, r. H. Nancy,
Jr., Senator Bland, colored, and Powhat-
The WOuuded-Narrow Escapes
Over Oh E.RWfgksRfnrG
wounded.
It Is supposed that twenty members of
the State Legislature are killed and
wounded. The Judges of the Court of
Appeals all escaped unhurt Gov. Wells
is badly injured. l.. II. Chandler, counsel
for Cahoon on the Mayoralty case, was in
jured. Jas. Mason and Judge Meredi b,
counsel for Ellison, are also badly hurt.
About two hundred persons were hurt.
The accident causes The greatest excite
ment Hundreds of persons are on Capt.
tai Square weeping and wailing rs the
dead and dying are brought from the build
ing. Gov. Walker escaped unhurt though
in the courtroom at the time.
Later DctaiIS-A Fall of Thirty Feet
Fun list of the Victims
THIRD DIspATcH-At II o'clock the gal
ACAlCh VI lLD CNuAt AOOlu, htIC
crowded, fell in; the floor followed and de-
seended thirty feet to the floor below,
which was the floor of tho House of Dele
gatesof Virginia, on which some few men,
Oers of the caucus were waiting. There
was a general crash of timber and the fall
ing of the inside wall.
The following persons we're killed:
Patrick II Aylett; Capt Charles, Chief of
the Fire Brigade; L NJ Schofeld, City As
SCISSOR and brother of Gen. Schoield; DIR
B Brook, Editor of the Enquirer; julius
A Hobson, City Collector; S Digger, men,
Der Of the House of Delegates f Brewis,
commission merchant of Alexandria; Sam
uel Eaton, of Boston, former theatrical
manager; Powhattan Roberts, Commits
sioner in the Court of Common Pleas;
Jas V Blomise, of Berlin, Prussia; S E
Burnam, of Syracuse, N. Y; N H
Howard; - Levy, merchant; w
ID Bland, colored, Senator from Prince Ed
ward; = Merchant, of Danville; Thomas
II Wilcox, Esq, Confederate General;
Samuel II Hairstone, the wealthy landown-
er, of Henry county; Charles j Gruman,
of Washington, ID G; Robert H. Nancy,
land agent; Edward England; William H
Davis, coal merchant; John Robertson,
cOlored, Baptist Minister; Col Pettigrew
Voolfolk; H Folef, deputy United States
Marshal; w E Randolph; of New York; r.
E Bradstow, grocer, and thiTty-three others,
among them one Captain, one sergeant and
nine privates Of the police, on duty in the
building.
Among the wounded were Ex-Gov.
Welles, ribs broken and otherwise inter-
nally injured; Major II Killson, slightly;
Mayor Cahoon, slightly; L II Chandler,
Judge John A Meridith, James Neeson,
John Howard, Rush Burgess, Collector of
District; William C Durham, Agent of the
Virginia and New York steamship Luccs;
Hon Thomas Bocock, Ex-Speaker of the
United States House of Representatives,
leg broken; Gen NJ d Corse, Ex-Major-
General of the Confederate army; Col Geo
w Brent, of Alexandria; Capt George w
Allen, Post Warden; W @ Elan, newspaper
correspondent and broker; Thomas Z
Baldwin, merchant from Newark, n j; w
d Chisterman, of Petersburg; VIM II Cop
per, merchant of Baltimore, and about 100
others.
Narrowing Scenes.
Directly after the disaster the fire alarm
was used and the hook and ladder compa-
MES of the city repaired to the rescue.
A Gordon of police was drawn around the
building and ladders thrown up to the
windows For three hours the scene was
full of horror. Minute after minute there
appeared, swung out by rope tied around
the middle of their body, some popular
favorite, who, after being swung on the
shoulders of one of the fire brigade, man
gled and dead, were brought down the lad
der into the green of the public park,
where it was instantly surrounded by two
or three thousand persons, who gathered
to recognize the slain.
The park was filed with weeping women
and anxious men until two o'clock, when
the last victim was drawn from the build
ing. After this the police closed the park
and refused admittance to any one. The
bodies of the dead having been sent
out, all stores in the city closed, and pla-
cards were put upon the doors" Closed
in consequence of the disaster at the Capt.
tol" No more business was done during
the day. Tonight meetings were held of
members of the Press Association, the
military organization, the bar, and citize ms
generally. Tomorrow will be observed
as day of general mourning.
Ex.GOV. WcIIcs Dies of His Injuries
WASHINGTON, April 27-Great excite
ment exists here over the horrible accident
at Richmond, and there is great anxiety to
hsar further particulars. Late dispatches
announce that Ex-Gov. Welles has died
from the effect of injuries received.