The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-04-28

der the trees 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 ont they were so covered with dust
| that they could scarcely be recognized, and
| for while the anxious inquiries of the BY
| ISLANDERS, "Who is he?" could not be an
swered. One by one they were borne out
| the dead and dying. Here was one man
gled and silently enduring, another crying
aloud with pain, while the still form OF
third told too well that its spirit had fed to
| another world. In one moment the gray
| hairs Of age could be deserted upon the
head of some dead one, while in the next
the tall, manly form of one who had been
cut off in the full bloom of life was being
borne past It seemed as if sickening nor
| rors would never cease, and ages seemed TO
pass in the performance Of this sad duty.
THE SCENE IN THE SQUARE.
The tolling of bells, the rushing and
shouting of excited men, and the news of
the fearful calamity, which spread like
| wild-tire over the city in an incredible short
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 grounds, who,
know if any Of their loved ones had been
| of the number mangled. War, with its
horrors, its agonies, its sad separations, Its
CHASTITY wounds, its horrible deaths, pic
lures to the mind no such scene rs the one
which was yesterday enacted in the Square.
TO contemplate upon such a shocking af-
fair-to see the faces of those " tho expected
each moment to find near and dear friend
borne from the ruins to be cared for on the
grounds by the citizens and physicians in
attendance-flls the soul with horror and
awful fear.
Hacks, ambulances, and vehicles of all de-
scriptions, were promptly on the ground,
ready to convey the wounded away from the
scene Of disaster to their homes, where they
could be cared for, and their wounds dressed
to better advantage than in the dense crowd
with which they were surrounded. The
dead, who had been brought out, were re-
spectfully and decently laid aside and CO.
vered with blankets, and afterwards borne
| away to their bereaved families.
Policemen were stationed on the steps OF
the building to prevent the crowd from
rushing In and thereby hinderins those who
| were administering to the relief of the sui
ferers and ut lite hour the gates Of the
Square were guarded by Mayor Enyson's
police, who kept out the crowd OF per-
sous who seemed bent on viewing the
scene of the disaster.
.ra ABOUT THE CITY.
The excitement Of the moment over, the
beautiful city of Richmond was wrapped
in gloom. The popular heart was sad, the
~ orH rnGn11n6pd
throughout the city, and the asperities OF
life were softened in the sympathy OF q
public calamity, leaving our people united
In grief and in the desire to show their
respect for the dead and feeling for the In
jured. All the business houses Of the city
were closed and badges of mourning dis
played, and save for the number of persons
on them our streets wore the appearance OF
the Sabbath.
TO PHYSICIANS.
The Board of Health request that oil ply
siciaIs and surgeons, in making out their
certificates of death for the victims of this
calamity, will please state that they came to
their death in this manner. Their object
is to get an accurate list of the killed.
THE CITY SURGEONS.
The different surgeons of the city in at
tendance on the wounded would confer a
favor on their friends throughout the coun-
try as well as relieve the deep anxiety which
pervades all classes of our citizens by leav-
ing at our office by O'Clock this evening an
account of their condition. We will fur
nish the other papers with copy of their
reports.
We give below as accurately as could be
ascertained the 81
|. LIST OF THE KILLED. -r
P. H. Aylett, attorney at law;
Powhatan Roberts, attorney ut law;
Mp. Howard, attorney ct law;
DR.. j. B. Brock, Of the Enquirer;
Captain William A. Charters, chief of the
fire department;
James Murphy, justice of the peace;
E. NJ. Schofeld, city assessor;
I'D. w. D. Bland (colored), senator from
Prince Edward
DIS. Digger, not of the House of Dele.
gates;
John III. Turner, son of Major F. P. Tur.
ner, and page in the House ofDelegates
Lewis n. Webb, formerly merchant in
this city; sE -
D. S. Donnan, of the firm of Donnan &
Sons, hardware merchants 'a@
Ash Levy, former merchant of this city
Thomas II. Quarles, son Of Thomas D.
Quarles;
r. FL. Maury, Jr., land agent;
Samuel Eaton, clerk for Mr.. Chahoon
Samuel Hicks, Lynchburg;
Pichegrue Voolfolk, Henrico
julius A. Hobson, formerly city collector;
Hugh NJ. Hutcheson, Henrico;
James a. Blamire, druggist
John Baughan, Of Chesterfield
2. s. Coleman
Major S. II. Hairston, of Henry county
g. s. Taylor, Richmond county;
b. +. Robinson, Of Cumberland;
Il. p. Foley, deputy marshal;
Colonel Thomas II. Wilcox, Of Charles
City; $50
Charles Watson, clerk at Danviiie depot
Hugh q. Grady f.
VIM. 81. Thompson; 80
VIM. II. Davis, coal merchant;
/ John Newman, merchant, Broad street
+ Captain James Kirby, captain of artillery
during the war;; 49, Is,
William Dunn, Venable street; @
Anton Beine, merchant, Brook avenue;
W. e. Randolph, supposed from New
York;
Benz: W. Lynch, of Manchastsrs
2. 4: Brsas, commission merchant,
Alexandria: s, y sssss So Sil 40