Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-05-05

OCudtC OudMUe Ut else uHucI tuo tIccS
in the square, where they were attended
by our city physicians and others who
were on hand with such appliances as
could be obtained. As the men were
brought out they were SO covered with
dust that they could scarcely be recogni-
zed, and for awhile the anxious inquiries
of the bystaaders, who is he2' could
not be answered. One By one they were
borne out--the dead and dying.
Here was one mangled and 81
lently enduring, another crying aloud
with pain, while the still form Of a third
told too we'll that its spirit had fed to an.
other world. In one moment the gray
hairs of age could be described upon some
dead one, while the next the tall. manly
| form of one who had been cut off in the
full bloom Of life was borne past. 1t
seemed as if sickenlng horrors would new
err cease, and ages seem to pass IN the
performance of this sad duty.
THE SCENE IN THE SCARE.
The tolling of bells, the rushing and
shouting of excited men, and the news of
the fearful calamity, which spread like
wild-fre over the city in an incredible
space of time. brought an immense crowd
of all classes, ages and colors to the square.
/ Hundreds of wives, mothers and friends
were constantly filing the ground, who,
with wringipg hands, sought in despair
to know if any of their loved ones had
been Of the number mang'ed. War, with
its horrows, its agonies. its sad deprada :
tions, its ghastly wounds, its horrible
deaths, pictures to the mind no such scene
as the one which was yesterday enacted in
the square.
To contemplate upon such shocking
affair-to see the faces Of those who ex-
pected each moment to find a near and
: dear friend borne from the ruins to be
cared for on the grounds by the citizens
and physicians in attendance fills the
soul with horror and awful fear.
Hacks, am5ulances and vehicles of al
descriptions were promptly on the ground
ready to convey the wounded away from
the scene of disaster to their homes, wher,
they could be cared for, and their wounds
: dressed to better advantage than in thu
dense crowd with which they were sur
S rounded. The dead, who had beer
brought out, were respectfully and de
: Gently laid aside and covered with blank
r cts, and afterwards borne away to thei
| bereaved families.
a Policemen were stationed on the step
7 Of the building to prevent the crowd from
rushing in, and thereby hindering thos
: who were administering to the relief O
: the sufferers; and at late hour the gate
: of the square were guarded by Mayo
f Ellyson's police, who kept oat the crow,
: of persons who seemed bent on viewing
the scene of the disaster.
S ABOUT THE CITY,
The excitment of the moment over, th
beautiful city of Richmond was wrappe,
=, in gloom. The popular heart was sad
: the voice of woe and mourning resounde'
throughout the city, and tie asperities O
of life were softened in the sympathy of
, public calamity, leaving our people unite'
t in grief and in desire to show their re
: spect for the dead and feeling for the in
r jured. All the business houses of the cit,
i we're closed and badges Of mourning dis
i, played, and save for the number of per
o sons on them, our streets wore the appear
S ance of the Sabbath,
q LIST OF THE KILLED.
: P. H. Aylett, attorney at law; Powha
: tan Roberts, attorney at law N. P How
= ard, attorney at law; Dr. j. B. Brock, o
= the Enquirer; Captain William A. Char
tiers, chief of the fire department; E. NJ
!. Schoield, city assessor; j w. D. Blanc
~ (colored), senator from Prince Edward
: D S. Digger, not of the House of Dele
gates; John T. Turner, son Of Major F
P. Turner, and page in the House Of Del
! sgates Lewis NJ. Webb, formerly mer
: chant ID this city; D. S. Donnan, of tht
firm of Donnan & Sons, hardware mer
chant; Ash Levy, former merchant o
this city Thomas NJ Quarles, son o
Thomas D. Quarles; 2. II. Maury, jr.
; land agent; Samuel Eaton, clerk for Mr.
Chahoon; Samuel Hicks. Lyncbburg
, . Pichegrue Voolfolk, Heprico; K. E
i, Bradshaw; John d. Massie Julius A
Hobson, formerly city collector Hugh H
Hutchinson. Henrico; James A. Blamire
druggist John Baughan, of Chesterfield
P. S. Coleman, Major S. A. Hairston, O
Henry county G. S. Taylor, Richmond
county; B. E. Robinson, of Cumberland
7. P. Foley, deputy marshall; Colone
Thomas H. Wilcox, of Charles city
Charles Watson, clerk at Danvile depot
Hugh G. Grady; VIM. Ii. Thompson
VIM. Fl. Davis coal merchant Johr
Newman, merchant, Broad street; Cap
tain James Kerby. captain Of artillery
during the war William Dunn, Venable
! street; W. e. Randolph, supposed from
f New York ; Benz. W. Lynch. of Manches.
} ter; -Meanley T. A. Brewis, COM
, mission merchant, Alexandria; Charles
> Brown, colored waiter at Mrs. Spotswood's
, clearinghouse; Rev. John Robertson
colored; S L Burnham, of BalIston Spa
; Saratoga county, New York; Charles j
Grinnan, of Washington, formerly Of
, Richmond John D Massie, of Gooch-
!, land Unknown, carried to Medical Col.
lege, and name of Charles Branch found
on papers in his pocket Edward Ward,
} Tredegar Works; Michael McCarty, po-
: lice; Captain d Tourgee, police James
N Walker, police; L Ryan. police
James A seay. pI;s,..iee; Sergeant James
I Cox, police; John Meagher, p,. .ee :
William Cray, police ;-Hlsbie, police /;