The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-04-30


they toiled on in their sad work. 4
Tho city p1asented q mournfuI appear.
ance. Most bf the stores, especially on,
Main atreef, were closed. and many OF
them draped lin mourning, as was the
first station hduse. The police force lost
seven of its officers and men.
Immediately upon hearing of the ter
rible accident, General Candy despatch.
ed one of his aids, Lieutenant Heintzel.
man. to Governor Walker, Offering any
aid it was in his power to furnish. The
stretchers and ambu ances in charge of
DR.. Rose arrived on the square and were
put to use.
The Ne,os, of last evening, says:
a glance at the inside of the walls of
the buildings revealed the cause of this
frightful calamity. The old hall in
which the lower House meets, was SO
very high that when it was deemed
necessary to have additional Offices in the
capitol, floor was thrown across, and
thus two stories made Of one. In doing
this the architect, instead of inserting
the floor beams in the wall, rested them
upon ledge or offsett in the wall, which
projects not more than four inches, and
on this frail support timbers, measuring
at least two feet by eight or ten inches
thick, were rested, the constant tendency
OF which was to press out the walls and
lessen the support. For many years the
floor has been ooncave to an extent that
was alarming, but familiarity had, as
usual, removed the doubts of it's safety.
The following is n list of the killed:
F.; Ii. Aylett, Powhattan Roberto, N.
P. Howard, attorneys at law; DR.. j. 3.
Brock Of the Enquirer; Captain William
A. Charters, chief of the fire department;
James Murphy; Justice Of the peace; e.
Bland, (colored.} Senator from Prince
of Delegates, John ri. Turner, son of
Major F. P. Turner, and page in the
Honse of Delegates; Lewis N. Webb,
formerly merchant in this city; D. s.
Donnam, hardware merchant; Ash Lew,
q former merchant OF this city; Thomas
Quarles, son of Thomas D. Quarles; r.
H. Maury, Jr., land agent; Samuel
Eaton. clerk for Chahoon; Samuel
Hicks, Lynchbarg; Pichegrue Voolfolk,
Henrico; Julius, "A. Hobson, formerly
city collector; Hugh M. Hutcheson,
Henrico; James A. Blamire, druggist;
John Baughan, of Chesterfield; P. S.
Coleman; Major 8. H. Hairston, Of
Henry County; G. s. Taylor, Richmond
County; B. Fl. Robinson, of Cumberland; !;
T. P. Foley, deputy marshal; Col Thos.
q. Wilcox, Of Charles City; Charles
Watson, clerk at Danville depot; Hugh
G. Grady; Wm. 81. Thompson; VIM. H.
Davis, coal merchant, Broad street;
Captain james Kirby, captain OF artillery
during the war; VIM. Dunn, Venable
street; Anton Beine, merchant, Brook
avenue; w. e. Randolph, supposed from
New York; Benjamin ". Lynch, of
Manchester; - Meanley; 7. A. Brewis.
commission merchant, Alexandria; Chas.
Brown, colored waiter ct Mrs. Spots
woods boarding-house; Rev. John Ro-
bertson, colored; s. E. Burnham, of
Ballston Springs, Saratoga County, New
York; Charles J. Grnnan, of Washing
ton, formerly of Richmond; John y.
Mnssie, Of Goochland; unknown, carried
to Medical College, and name of Charles
Branch found on papers in his pocket;
Edward Ward, Tredegur Works; Michael
McCarty, Captain D. Tourgee, james N.
Walker, J. l.. Ryan, James A. Seay,
Sergeant James T.. Cox. John Meagher,
L. P. Hulce, William Cray, - Hisbie,
- Schultz, John Carr, policemen.
The following persons were severely
injured:
Hon. Thomas T. Bocock, ex-Speaker
United States House of Representatives,
amputalion of foot necessary; S. Schlei-
sher, Thomas Cullingsworth, John Hart,
of Rockets; w. @. Elan, Petersburg
Courier; Rush Burgess, Potter w. Raj
ston, ex ex.Auditor; w. G. Durham, Walter
Mackey, Gov. Wells, breast bone broken;
John Howard, Marshall Hanger, mem
ber of House of Delegates, badly; John
R. Sedgwick, Henry Bell. Colonel G.. w.
Brent, Judge Meredith, Charles ".
Gentry. Brevet Major General John s.
Calvert. Warden Allen, VIM. Green.
Col. Wood Bouldin, John H. Lewis,
(colored.) Atleast 100 were slightly in
jured.
If we way be pardoned for any con-
sideration of loss other than that of hu-
man life, we will mention the smash-up
of an old and much honored relic of
bye-gone days, the Speakers chair of
the House of Delegates, which was
formerly used in the House of Burgesses,
decorated with the royal arms of Great
Britain. It was subsequently moved
here from Williamsburg, and has been
used in the House of Delegates ever
since. Il was buried ond broken in the
ruins of yesterday.