, 1870-05-03

aecideut be Gid hot Seem to be swa1e. When
he reached his home he warmly embraced his
wife and mother. esc1aining, :'Oh, how /
prayed for you both; I thought should never
AZ Hugh Hutchinson, who was among tho
dead. Yesterday morning went to the office Of
the Piedmont Insurance Company aad psid his
premium on an insurance q SI.v de then
never returned alive. from Ill that can be
elcaned to-day from survivors, the feelings ct
most we're similar to those OF Mr. .ODTyerA,
E-Tho 111 un3oftuuate victims were IN jamnad be-
tween the floor the falng sshn1 s1 W 1s.gg .gaesy,
precipitated on them. Many O. mem lied
Solely from suffocasion, As not bone has besn
discorered broken OF joint disfocated ID M
meroue instances
alter the falling in WAS Major Pc. ton ! ohnson,
Of this city, his venerable gray beard covered
With dust. blood and perspiratiou, with latter
nd rarmepts, and without his has: !H9 ap-
peared at one Of the windows, on the north
Knox to stay where he Was until TIE arrival T o.
ladders. and to keep cool. The Major theorbt-
ieaIIy responded = All right, Captain knox
I'm cool" Just then several other heads
we're protcuded from tho same Wlndo" nm9G s
tie same condition as Mr. Johnsons, and with
| much difficulty. they were restrained: 1fom
Jumping to the ground, . distance Or aoont
eich{eea feet, Which, IN their onfeeb1cd eondi,
| ton. would baya caused additional wounds and
suffering, and, perhaps, death; pn soon n1se .Sa
work Of rescue VAS vigorously commenced' as
e'sS Up to he s present the LIST of dead numbers
sixty, and the wounded, as for as sscersaineo,
number 125-a large majority o. the nnnDef
Of pe.sons the court room uss capable Of con-
Major Calvert, late stato Treasurer, makes
tho following ststement: "Iuas in the Clerks
| Office, just index the gallery, looking through
nv side we're 3Iau1y Roberts and Mr. Baldwin
! wan ueartst the door, leading cut friend Of
| mine, started to come in- He remarked,
Il viii stay here it's much safer outside than
inside.' He went outeide the door and
| had hardly disappeared when tho crash came,
tugged to get near the door had almost
made my escape when was borne down into
the darkness below. hardly remember any
thing but the confused din of4voices' and fail-
ing timbers.- found myself entirely covered j;
night arm was FREQ. With this removed the
|; rubbish from about my heady and was thus en-
|. ab1ed to breathe . little I was released in
about three-qua1tezs of an hour. Ny lett am
| Was badly broken and my left side bEuisedr
tall, rs follows:-
s.Iheard low, rumbling. sound; and.kelt
myself sinking rapitllY. I was facing the.gal-
leIy, and saw It falling toward me- Forum
scrambling ever each other, in the gallery, and.
heard what seemed to be one unearth}y yell Of
agony. Then came the crash, and sanki in.
darkness. found myself under . mass Of
rubbish, with dcad body over me-, wounded
man under ne. and another at my nde. The:
poor fellow under me- said - Oh, me! But il l.
could only fear God aiwayB as do nov! How
wicked I have been all my dAys- Oh, God,
forgive me- Spare ma and will be true fol-
1ower Of Jesus.' The man at my side ;e1--
3n.k .l-.~. -. @r.k*,
where is thy 1ictory?' 7 heard. b number
OF cries Ill about me- Some we're speaking
about their wives, others Of their children,
while others were begging for air. believe
many Of them died from suffocotion; for
although but Little hurt myself should have
died from sut1oeation II I 1ad not been re-
moved when was."
One af the most remarkable escapes of- yes
terday was that Of D. B. White, member Of
the Legislature from Elizabeth City. He, fell
through the floor with the rest, and did not re-
ceige gcratch- He did not leave the spot,
but, despite tile sufTocating dust, remained and
worked vigorously to get out the wounded and
dead.
versing with Mr- Aylett when the crash COM
menced, and says he (Ay1stt) was killed by
beam from tho gallery. The larger number Of
deaths occurred among those persons who
were standing under the gallery Or. Brock
WAS just in reach of it,. sitting at his table,
writing, when the samo beam that killed Mr..
Av1ett struck him. When he waa brought out
from the 1uina, he WAS breathing, but expired
in fcw minutes- The scenes on the Capitol
Square we're such as canuot be described In.
several instances wives came upon the bodies
Of their husbands. One Of them -was 80
shocked that it Is sca1ce1y hoped that -ehe can
live through the day. Another is insane with
but little hope OF recovery.
kilograms Of sympathy and Offering aid for
the afflicted are coming il from all parts OF
the country A citizen Of New York hls given
authority to q gentleman hero to draw on him
for 81 ,060 for the relief Of the sufferers. 4
from sor1uw Of Mrs. BreWls, the wife OF one
An t1l experienced architect, rho has reviewed
the plan Of the Capitol building, say8 that
Of Of two e pieces Sea- Of timber, bolted together,
making, when combined, an arca Of thirteen
by twenty inches. It WAS formerly supported |
by columns, which we're subsequently removed |
House Of Delegates In the centre of the I
girder was mortise which reduced the avail |
able strength to nine and half BY. twenty !
inches- The fatal error was in making .inteti- !
or changes without examining the girae1s with |
stress placed upon thom-
Although Comparative stranger, there is
scarcely any Of the dead moro 1aInanted than
Mr.. E. Il. Schofeld, brother Of General Scho-
! feld. He was, at the time Of hia death, City
Assessor, By appointment Of General Stone
| man. and discharged his duties eulinently to
| the satisfaction Of the community. He was
born in Chatauqua County, n. T., November
10, 1886, and WIS 50 years Of aga.
tho Supreme Court room fell yesterday Cover
nor Walker was ID his Office attending to busi-
| ness, while his aid, Colonel Owens, Wsa In IN
nnte-foom, answering inquiries put by numer-~
ous parties anxious to see the Governor Ad-
joining tho room occupied BY His Excellency
Was that used BY the Secretary OF the Com
monwealth, tenanted at the moment OF the
catastrophe by Mr. Livingston, his assistant,
who w1s making out a.respite for james
ystsr Phillips, the Mifs, mn murderer; se; 2 70
July The rooms tenanted by these sevcal
gentlemen rocked about IS il shnknn
fy an earthquake Livingston got in tie win
dow, expecting tue floor e g. e. under eyeEy
and g1oans Of the wounded and dying, and The
Governor and staff had nnrrow escape
. IN response to call issued yesterday 4 lnrge
assemblaga OF citizens met this morning IN
badges Of mourning Shortly after Il n
Governor Walker, accompanied by the; mem
bers Of the Court OF Appeals and al the State
officers, 1epy.i1ed to the southern portion OF
the Capitol, where reorganization Mas effected
by this eleo don of the Governor as Chairman
Over 5,dNe, persons were present.
Upon coming forward the GoYcrnor spoke as
| follows.
tEFT ,ow CITIZENS: You arn- gathered upon
an: ocs sion more solemn, distressing, md
msufD ul than you or ever Witnessed before.
| 4, gre at public calamity has befallen us- In
the NJ idst Of life We are in death. Yesterdays
sun rose bright and clear upon city happy
and Joyous, and set upoa city d5aPed in
@oT no .Ening-the evening ar rent with lanenta.
be art to talk now, for there areoccasions, and
Il is is one Of them, when the heart is too full
& + eorfow for utterance. Some Of the dearest
friends had On earth-fnends whose memory1
will cherish while life and reco1ections 1asE-
J have been stricken down IN 8 moment. Inour
= 1 no kindred, but mourn that which is higher,
| moro sacred and dearer-the loss Of sincere
generous, high -sou1ed, and manly fEien6ahip
! It is eninently meet snd proper that We should
, meet together this day and humbly recognize
in this appropriate manner the terrible visit2-
, lion Of 4 mysterious Providence. pray God
nv fellow-citizens, that during the rerlaindei
! ! Of nv life and your life our eyes may neve1
. ngain rest upon = scene SO appalling anC
5 heart-1endiog as that We Witnessed herr
yesterday, when, where an was Life ant
: : hope, over forty Of cur fellow-citizens in Z
!, moment, without warning or preparation, were
suddenly plunged into eternity. It was, in
deed, nv fellow-citizens, one OF those awtu
l. sights which rend the heart Which language
0 fails to describe, and which has to be witnesa
> | ed 10 be appreciated On i solemn occasion
q Ike this it Is fitting thAt we should appeal t
9 the Throne Of Grace for aid and succaz in thi:
q our time OF af1]iction-" i
9 Several other appropriate addresses ther
0 followed, and, after tho adoption Of pream
bic and the following resolutions, expressly.
Of grief for the dead and sympathy for tht
bereared, the meetin5adjou1ned:
"Rceolred, That We mourn with profound sur
8 I TOW the loss which our State aud our city ha!