The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1870-04-29
FROM THE STATE JOURNAL OF WEDNESDAY.
TERRIBLE CALAMITY IN RICH
MONDl
Floor or the Court Room or the Supreme
Court Gives Awayt
LIST OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.

A LARGE NUMBER KILLED AND
WOUNDED.
LIST OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
A trightful calamity happened in the
Capitol this morning. 1t is the most
shocking and appalling one in all It's
features that has occurred in the pre-
sent generation. This 9th day OF
A pril will long be remembered in Rich
mond as day of horror and death.
Long before the hour of opening of
the session of the Court OF A ppeals this
morning, in the courtroom in tho up
per story of the Capitol, over che east
ern halt of the Halt of the House of
Delegates, large crowd OF people had
assembled, expecting the decision of
the judges in the Chahocn and Ellyson
case. Every one seemed to be in good
humor, and there were no evidences of
excited feeling.
The gallery of the courtroom W
densely packed. So was the clerks
room under it, and the space in the
courtroom IN front of the bench and
bar, was filled with an expectant crowd
waiting for the decision. The number
present is variously estimated to have
UCSu itOtti ltiCC W Hft nuHuTtu.
Suddenly the packed gallery gave
way aad was thrown forward with a
heavy concussian into the centre OF the
courtroom. This occurrence, with the
rush and surging OF the crowd, caused
the whole floor to break through from
the walls, and sink in a cloud of dust,
and, laden with its load OF human be-
ings, down into the hall OF the House of
Delegates below.
The mass which fell buried beneath
its ruins the persons who happened
then to be in the Hall. 1t Is exceeding
ly fortunate that the catastrophe hap
pened at the early hour of eleven; for il
it had occurred after the House OF Del
egates had met, scarcely any OF the
members could have escaped. A large
meeting OF Delegates which had been
held in the Hall had just adjourned.
! The scene which was presented after
the tall OF the suspended courtroom
was .frigh.tull beyond description. A
thick cloud of dust IL led the vast space.
Every individual OF the vast thromg OF
h IMAM beings wasbegrimmed with dust.
Many were bleeding and groaning from
the injuries they had received. Many
lay dead III the promiscuous crowd.---
Through the incumbent floor OF the
fallen room the legs and arms and
heads of the. persons who had been
caught beneath it. were protruding;
some still under tie spell of death; 9th.
crs moving in eft, rts nc extrication, or
in the agony otpain and suffering.
The greater number OF persons who
went down With the floor readily made
their escappirom the Hall below. Whose
who werestruck by titnbers and caught
by the gallery above, and those who
were ipthe lower Hall and caught by
the failing mass were the s. terers from
| the occurrence.
| It is cause OF thankiulness TINT so
small proportion Of the great number
of persons who were IN the courtroom
has been injured. The Judges OF the
court itself all escaped unhnrt. They
were in the conference room inst about
going into the courtroom when the
floor sank. They were at the door of
the conference-roem in time TO see the
sinking of the throng of men, but were
fortunately tardy enough to escape be-
ing involved in the catastrophe.
LIST OF THE DEAD.
p II. AYLETT, attorney at Law.
N. p. HOWARD, Attorney az Law
POW HAIAN tOBERTS,A Attorney at Law.
DIR. ]. b. Brock, Reporter Enquirer nd Elk
Il
Edward. VIM. A. Charters, Chief Engineer
OF Fire Department. Samuel A. Eaton, Clerk
Of the Mayors Court. Robert H. Maury, Jr.
aDavid Donnan, son of w S Donnan, Colonel
MANUEL Harston, of Henry Co. b + Robert
SNn, of Cumberland Co. John Robertson,
y. bred Baptist Minister. Thomas III Quarles
, I'd OF Thomas ID Quarles. - Grinnan, OF
Washington city. Edward Ward, of England
Capt James Kirby, old citizen. Thomas II
Wilcox, Charles city. Ash Levy, old;citizen.
Col Pichegru Voolfolk. r Z Bradshaw gro
Ger. w I'll Thompson, of Sidney. 7 Foley
Deputy s Marshal. M Sch ofield, City
of Delegates, son ofSpeaker. James Newman
Henry Forsyth, stanton. John Ryan, C Ii
Langford, Charles Watson, clerk Danville
aePot, Hugh HUTCHINSON, coal dealer. Lewis
lam Baughn, OF Manchester, w Randolph
suppC sed from New York, $ L Burnham, OF
Balston SPA. N Y, Samuel Hicks, father of
policeman Hicks. John Digger, member of
the House. G TAILOR, James Taylor, Nam
semond co. Patrick Inch, Of Manchester,
John Newman. ! A Brewis Al, xandri
POLICEMEN KILLEH.
Capt d G Tourgee, Sergeant James H Cox,
Privates VIM Cray, James Walker. Jos a !
Seay. John Carr, Sidney Coleman, hicheai |
Mecathy, Jno Meagher, Private Watchman
John l. Ryan.
REPORTED KILLED.
Julius Hobson City Collector, Hugh Grady
LIST OF WOUNDED.
Governor Wells, breast bone broken
and internally injured; NJ. z. Mandy.
Dispatch. bruised and Cit BY falling tim
Der; II. X. Ellyson, slightly injured:
George Chahoon, slightly injured;
j DIN Howard, lawyer, badly injured:
Marshall Hanger. member OF the House
of Delegates, badly injured; Henry NJ.
Bell. Of Augusta, House of Delegates,
arm broke and head cut and brl,ise Il.
j ohm IL. Sedgwiek badly hurt; Wm. IL,
Soper. merchant, Baltimore, three ribs
broken; William Taylor, of Richmond
county, badly injured; Judge J. A.
Meredith. badly injured; Henry Bell,
seriously injured; John Il. Strother not
badly hnrt; James Neeson, severely
injured; w. ID. Chestcrman. cores
pendent Petersburg Mder. painfully
injured, w, G., Elam, correspondent
Petersburg Courier, badly hart In back;
A. d. Leffew, severely hurt; L G. viii
son; Rush Burgess, Collector Third
District, badly injured internally; Pc
terW. RalstOL. ex-Auditor IN critical
w. G. Durham, not expect
I'd to live; Col. Geo W.. Boiling, of
Petersburg, badly hurt; Wm. Matthew
Of LoudOun; Isaac III. Hunter, slightly
lurt; Daniel Bradford. jr., coneue sion
IF brain; Wm. Il. Richardson, printer.
wounded in head; r. Il. Howard. cut
Inder the chin; left leg bruised; l.. NJ.
orter, severe blow on lett shoulder;
John L. Holt, of Charles City. internal
injury; l.. III. Chandler injured in /
houlder; Hon. Thos. 5. Bocock, ex-
speaker in U. s. House OF Re pre- So Eta-
ives, foot mashed. Will have 20 be