Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-04-29
THE RICHMOND HORROR,
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED.
FUNERALS YESTERDAY.
EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY.

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carriages in the city being i'm use, and several
funerals frequently taking place at the same
time in one church. All business was suspend
ing Hearses could not be obtained for ali, and
furniture wagons appropriately draped had to
be substituted. While the funeral Of Patrick
passed te church da sSn
Turner, a little page i'm the House of Delegates.
and Powhatan Roberts, a prominent LAWYER,
took place from the Monumental Church at the
same hour. The General Assembly attended
the funeral Of young Turner in a body. The
pages of the House acted as pail bearers, and
present who were not in tears. Young Turner
was bright handsome boy, about 13 years old
and universally beloved. The funeral of Pat
rick Henry Aylett took place from st. Pauls
Church. The church was not much crowded
the people seeming to have acquired a lively
fear OF crowded houses. The streets about the
church were crowded with citizens, and there
were numbers OF ladies in the windows and por-
ticOes adjacent. In some OF the churches three
or four bodies were before the altar at the same
time. Many Of the ministers denounced the care
jeopardy the lives of citizens. In nearly every
principal street Of the city funeral professions
we're going ont to the cemeteries.
AFFECTING INCIDENTS.
The scenes on the Capitol square were such as
cannot be described. In several instances wives
came upon the bodies Of their husbands. One
Of them was so shocked that it is scarcely hoped
that she can live through the day. Another is
insane, with but little hope of recovery. A
member OF the Legislature describes his fan as
follows:-"I heard low, rumbling sound, aud
felt myself sinking rapidly. i was facing the
gallery, and saw It falling toward me. Fortu-
nately, it did not reach me. L saw the men
scrambling over each other in the gallery, and
heard what seemed to be one unearthly yell OF
agony, which seemed sent up from one mouth.
Then came the crash, and sank into darkness
found myself under mass of rubbish, with
and another at my side. The poor fellow under
me said oh me! but if could only fear God
always as do now! How wicked have been
all my days! Oh, God, forgive me! Spare me,
man ut my side said: Oh, death, where is thy
sting? Oh, grave. where is thy yictory?' /
heard number Of cries AL about me; some
were speaking about their wives, others of
their children, while others were begging for
air. L believe many of the men died from
suffOcatiOn, for, although but little hur. my
self, should have died from suffocation il
had not been removed when / was"
Mr.. Joynes tells the following touching Incl
dent concerning DIR. Brock: 1 was sitting behind
mG Brock sH.s and I'd fell under him Lay with my
him who was. He said: "f am dying; tell INV
poor wife how much loved her and thought of
Major Calvert, late State Treasurer, makes
the following statement l was in the clerks
office, just under the gallery, looking through
my side we're Maury, Roberts, and Baldwin. /
was nearest the door leading out. A friend OF
mine started to come in. He remarked, 81 will
not stay here; it is much safer outside than il il
inside" He stepped out of the door, and had
hardly disappeared when the crash came. 1
tried to get to the door. had almost made my
escape when was borne down into the dark
ness below. 1 hardly remember ANYTHING but
the confused din of voices and falling timber L
found myself entirely covered; my left side
free With this f femoTed @ q tie uf rubbish i from
about my head, and was thus enabled to breathe
little. 1 was released in about three-uuarters
M a Nla had 1lxyh hrnl
my left side bruised.
One OF the most remarkable escapes was that
OF ID. Ii. White member of the Legislature from
Elizabeth City. He fell through the fioor with
the rest, and did not receive scratch. He did
not leave the spot, but, despite the suffocating
dust remained and worked vigorously pet on;
the wounded and dead. Major Kellv' of Fred ed
ericksburg, was conversing with Mr.. Aylett
when the crash commenced, and saws he was
killed by beam from the gallery. The larger
number of deaths occurred among those Who
were standing under the gallery. DIR. Brock
was just in the rear Of it, sitting at his table
writing, when the same beam that killed Mr..
from the rains he was breathing, but expired in
few minutes.
CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED.
. Ex-Governor Wells lis better. but his condition
is still considered critical. The point of one of
his broken ribs has entered his left lung which
causes much splitting OF blood. Mr.. w. 9. Dun
ham, agent of the Old Dominion Steamship
Company, is better.
MASS MEETING OF CITIZENS.
In pursuance of announcement a mass meet
ing OF citizens was held in the square yesterday.
About four thousand persons were assembled on
the square south Of the Capitol. On the pOrtco
were gathered the General Assembly and MANY
prominent citizens. Governor Walker presided
and addressed the meeting, and Rev. DIR. Hoge
offered prayer. A Committee on Resolutions
was appointed, headed by Judge w. w. Crump,
and reported preamble followed by resolu
next, the 4th Of May, be set apart as day of
humiliation. prayer and religious service, on
which day the people Of this city are, requested
to assemble in their respective places of public
worship at such hours as may be designated by
the clergy, who are respectfully invited to CO.
operate in the purposes ofthis resolution
Ihe Judge followed in a few remarks so full
OF eloquent sympathy, SO fervent in their appeal
to all of the citizens Of the city to repair to their
respective churches at the time designated, and.
upon bended knees, to implore the Great Jeho-
vah to extend His consolation to the affiicted
and the bereaved, that many of those present
old and young, were unable to repress their
sobs, and tears flowed freely from many eyes
Judge Ould spoke forcibly OF the horrors of
the scene, the dead and dying, the pit where old
and young were mingled, some crushed out of
the semblance Of humanity. He contrasted the
beauty Of the day with the grief of the people,
and said Richmond was like Rachel weeping for
her children, and would not be comfortcd be-
cause they are not.
Mr.. A. NJ. Reilly briefly addressed the meet
ing, alluding in most affecting terms to the
death OF little John Turner one Of the pages of
the House.
horrors of Wednesday, and in alluding to the
fraternal spirit which animated sufferers and
workers on such occasions, asked why such a
spirit should not continue to animate us.
IMPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY.
Ielegrams Of sympathy, offering help for the
afflicted, are coming into Richmond from all
parts Of the country. A citizen of New York
draw on him for thousand dollars for the relief
Of the sufferers. In Washington Q subscription
has been started in tho Treasury, War and
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