The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-04-29
A HORRIBLE DISASTER.
The yirginia's Capitol in Ruins
OTEI 80 PERS0Ns KILLED AND fOl
WOUAIlED.
BUSINESS ENTIRELY SUSPENDED

RICHMOND, April y The Court or Appeals
Of Virginia was crowded, this morning, with
eminent citizens. Many local politicians and
u great many Of the public at large were drawn
there by curiosity to hear the decision upon
the naForaltv Among the many prominent
men present were Ex-GOv. Wells, Ex-COn-
gresham Nelson, Judge John A. Meredith,
Patrick II Aylett, l. II Chandler and others.
At eleven o'clock the gallery of the court
room, which was crowded, fell In. The floor
followed and descended thirty feet to the floor
below, which was the floor of the House Of
Delegates of Virginia, on which some few
members Of caucus were waiting. There
was general crush Of timbeTs and a falling
of the inside wall.
The following persons were killed: Patrick
II. Avlett, Captain Chartres, chief of the fire
brigade; E. NJ. Schofield, CITY assessor and a
brother of Gen. Schofeld; DR.. J. B. BTooF,
Editor of the Enquirer; julius A. Hobson,
city collector; S. Digger, member ofthe House
of Delegates; 7. A. BreWis, commission NOR
chant of Alexandria; Samuel Eaton, a former
theatrical manager; Powhattap Roberts, COM
missioner in chaneery of the court of common
pleas; Jas. A Blamiere, of Syracuse, n. Y; n.
p. Howard, lawyer hrk-;--Levy merchant;
J. w. d. Bland, oolored senator from Prince
| Edward and a merchant Of Danville Thos H.
Wilcox, an ex-confederate general; Samuel E /.
| county; j.. Gruman, of Washington, D. c.
Robt. II. Nanny, land agent; Edward Ward,
| of England Wm H. Davis, coal merchant;
John Robertson, oolored Baptist minister; Col
Pichigrew, Voolfolk; T. II. Foley, deputy L.
/ s. Marshal; W. F. Randolph, of New York; R
| E. Brsndshayv, grocer; and SO others. Among
them are a captain, Sergeant and nine men
of the police force, who were on duty in the
building.
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| whose ribs were broken and otherwise intern
ally injured; Maj. H. Kellyson, slightly; Mayor
| Cahoon. slightly; L. Fl. Chandler, Judge Jno
A. Meredith, Jas. Neeson, Jno. Howard, Rush
Burgess, Collector ofthe District, VIM. c. Dun
ham, agent Of the Virginia and New York
steam ship ''Luce;" Hon Thomas S. Bocoek
Fx-Speaker OF the United States House Of
representatives, leg amputated; Gen. NJ. D.
| ,yorse, TX Major General of the Confidence
army; Col. Geo. W. Brent, of Alexandria; Cap.
| tain Geo. Wellen, Port Warden; W. G. Elom
newspaper correspondent, and broker; Thos
| E. Baldwin, merchant from Newark, n. J..
II. d. Chester1Ran, of the Petersburg Index
! VIM. IL SoppeT, of Baltimore, and about onC
hundred others.
Directly after the disaster fire alarm wal
raised, and the hook and ladder companies o.
| the city repaired to the rescue. a Gordon O.
police was drawn around the building and lad
ders were thrown up 10 the windows. Fol
three hours the scene was fnll OF horrors
Minute after minute there appeared sWuns
out by a rope tied around the middle, the body
Of some popular favorite, who after being
swung on the shoulders OF one fire brigade
mangled and dead, was brought down the lad
der into the green Of the public park, where i
was instantly surrounded by two or thre'
thousand Of those who had gathered 10 reeog
| ni2e the slain.
. The park was filed with weeping womeT
and anxious men until two o'clock when the
last victim vas drawn from the building. Aft
er this the police closed the park and refused
| admittance to any one the bodies Of the de
ceased having been sent out. All the store
in the city were closed and plscards put upoi
the doors, ''closed in consequence of the dis
aster at the capitol" No more business wa
done during the day. Tonight meeting vii
be held of the members OF the press associa
ton, late military organizations, bar and eiti
zens generally. Tomorrow will be observes
as q day of general mourning.