The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-05-05
TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM
NO.. 5.

1Sasuo UTeen, oaaly injured; - Phll
lips, slightly injured;
Otis Deane, slightly hurt in side;
Judge Nowlin, of Carroll county, shoulder
dislocated and otherwise injured;
DR.. Thompson, member from Hanover. eui
about the head and bruised badly;
Alcldes Jones, Louisa county breast and
face very much bruised;
John NJ Murray, First National Bank, lea
broken;
Daniel Strasberry, wounded in the face and
hands;
7 H Langford, badly wounded in the face
and head;
Charles Mosely, very badly wounded in the
head
P K Jones, (colored,) considerably hu. not
seriously hurt;
John Wilson, not seriously hurt;
hurt;
We have the following names but could
not astertain the extent or the nature:
Henry Cannon; B H Beekman; A d
Leffew, severely E Wilton; VIM Moth
ern; NJ ! Anderson - Antilotti; Danl
Wren; H Frogarthy; and r Grattan,
attorney at law;
Captain Charles Epps, hurt badly in tho
head
Isaac II Hunter, (colored, messenger for
city council, slightly hurt; .-..
Daniel Branford, Jr., conclusion of brain !.
William I Richardson printer, wounded in
head;
r Howard, wounded in neck and loft
leg;
| l. n Porter, severe bruse on left shoulder.
John Holt, internal injuries;
Sschleisher, Broad street, injured about
head;
Thomas Cull,ngsworth, severely bruised
about body;
Senator Kendrick, right shoulder injured
and rib broken;
J I Chase slightly wounded in chest,
John Hart, of Rockets, injured internally:
Thomas Carroll, bruised in left side;
W Tompkins, injured slightly 10 back
" B Wheely, left shoulder bruised
Policeman " E Williams, seriously hurt:
Charles W Gentry, seriously hurt;
Among the wounded, we regret TO state
that Moses ?. Hands, of the Dispatch, was
painfully hurt, though not seriously. Mr..
Handy was injured about the throat and
bruised about the body, but his wounds will
not confine him for many days.
ATTENTIONS TO THE WOUNDED.
Under this head too much could not be
said IN praise of many who labored hard tn
relleve the sufferers. We cannot PARTICULAR.
lie, as there are too many to be mentioned
separately, but we will only say that the
members OF the Fire Brigade, the police force,
and many Of our citizens, white and colored
labored untlrlngly in their efforts to alleviate
suffering and TO render all aid in removing
The dead and wounded from the ground
THE THEORY OF THE ACCIDENT.
.'"a" CONVERSATIONS with saror.r
= 'ns courtroom at the time of the fall ws
earn the following as the true theory oe ~
!. The large girder which was md.
nc partition between the clerks Office 81
ne courtroom snapped in twain. and ;mnaa;
y 1siy afterwards the floor commenced 10 oas.
no support of the crowded gallery bsr;nn
wen away, the gallery parted from the waff
no Tell over into the centre of the con-.
'om' crushing through the floor and r-ao;n
aeing the mass Of human beings and rnhh;ah
TO the hall below. We examined the o;rdar
10 found that it had broken off inst % ~
ntre. 1t was hewn timber. and inst 49,
broke was cut as if the workmen in beu
g mad made msslck and driven his 49,.
10 the wood about quarter Of an inch
nohA1BLE DEATH. ff4
!. ! nc most terrible feature about thi. vbo,a
h ar Is the heartrending manner Of death in
rions Dhto 10 =; of instances. Many Of tho dead
suaoest d'y 'Ojnry, but iad IT be without
Oh a tb;. The mere contemn1..? ';.a
3 tba e.nlhg is sickenine HI H. Of
m .be l4 :. y: OF those who had esoa . indeed
UNTOLD iAilne timber in the and 4 = death
'o'a agonies Of suotfeatio ona 20 ale from