The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-05-04

those who inflated measures for re-
Observation-Disclosures 6oxerzfcr=ftuiker
and Senator French.
The first order given and executed
was to break open the doors and win
dDBs, anasgdmitSair for the relief of
The many who we're supposed, andcor-
frectl4, as it Subsequently, turned out,
ito bemeDaced WITH s~uffocation, while
someFemoved the Hf1entimbers, UNI
der which the sufferers lay. Others
procured ladders and placed them at
the windows. Hacks, private car
frisges, furniture cars,.mattresse and
other conveniences were soon provi-
ded in great numbers.
REMOVING THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Then commenced the work ofremov,
ing the killed and wounded, and a
scene. wasBresented that. tried the
stoutest nerves and the coaldest hearts.
One after another the dead and the
wounded, all covered with dust, vera
brought down the ladder and either
laid on the grass, or placed in vehicles
and carried to their homes or to 9TH
err quarters kindly provided for them.
As the victims of the disaster were
brought to the windows and appeared
before the thronging multitude, the
most intense anxiety was felt and
manifested as to their. recognition.
All were on the lookout for their
friends. So begrimed were faces with
dust, and so crushed was their cloth
ing that reorganization was not easy
Most Of the unfortunate persons
however were recognized before they
reached the ground.
The feelings of the spectators were
of the most painful character, and full
of rapid alterations. Now they rec
ognize in one of the bodies a relation
or a friend, dead then one mangIed,
then one not so severely injured.
What a relief it was when one APP
peared in view who had escaped in
jury. At length:all the rubbish was
removed and all the bodies recovered
Great as the calamity was it Vas a
felt to be a relief when the painful
work was brought to a conclusion.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS. .
The Dispatch. says;"One man re-
lates how he was buried on the top of.
all others-so that he could not move,
while he received the last words of "a
manned and dying: one under him,
who turned out 70 bean Old friend.
Just before Patrick Henry Aylett
entered the Capitol he was conversing
with Il friend about the, death Of
friend. and remarked, on, leaving, We
are all passing away. Mr.. Aylett was
borne to the plateau north of the
Capitol, where he expired. He utter
ed q fervent PRAYER before death for
yer sealed his lips,
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The house of delegates was not in
session when the crash occurred, and
only some fifteen or twenty persons
we're in the hall at the time The
hats and caps taken from the ruins
nearest the statue of Washington,
were thrown at the blse of the pedas-
tai, making quite a pile. All diStinc-.
tions Of color were leveled The body
OF Senator Bland was laid out be-.
tween the bodies of two white men.
The hall Of the house of Delegates
was completely wrecked. The speak
er's chair, Il relic of Colonial times
was thrown from a window and bro.
ken into fragments.
The stretchers and ambulances be-
longing to the medical department Of
head quarters, were sem to the scene
by direction of General, Canly A.
large number of those who went
through sustained no other injury
than a severe shock, and a few bruis-
es or cuts II is marvellous that so
many escaped death from the falling
and heavy plastel ceiling of
the courtroom, which must have fall
upon the crowd.