Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-04-29
RICHMOND, Va, April %.

| RICHMOND, Va, April %.
To-day all houses of business are closed,
| having Grape on their doors and the inscrip-
ton "Closed in consequence of the Calamity
| at the Capitol" The streets are filled with
funeral corteges. In the funeral cortege of the
dead policeman, both sets of the policemen
joined. All the late political feeling seems to
| have been forgotten. The bells of the city
| tolled all day and the streets look like Sun
day. 1000 people are now assembled in the
| Park, hearing addresses of coincidence from
| Gov Walker, Judge Crumb, Governor Wise
and others, delivered from the southern por-
slature held an informal meeting this morn
ing and agreed to unite with the citizens in
any general funeral procedure.
| The body of the coored Senator Bland was
sent home this morning, and the hearse was
was followed to the depot by white and colored
members of the Senate.
W. C. Durham, Agent of the Old Dominion
Steamship Co., is better, land hopes Of his re-
covery are entertained.
| Ex-Governor Wells condition is still criti-
cal. The point of one of his broken ribs has
entered his left lung, which causes much
! splitting blood Maj. Kelly of Fredericks-
burg, was conversing with Mr.. Aylette when
the crash commenced, and says that Ayette
was killed by beam from the gallery.
The larger number of deaths occurred
among persons standing under the gallery
DIR. Brock sitting at his table writing
when the same beam which killed Aylette
struck him. When he was brought out of the
ruins he was breathing, but expired in a few
! minutes.
| The scene on the Capitol square was such
as cannot be described In several instances
wives came upon the bodies of their husbands,
and one was so shocked that it is scarcely
hoped she can live through the day. Another
is insane with little hope of recovery.
A member of the Legislature described his
fall as follows II heard low rumbling
sound and felt myself sinking rapidly. was
| facing the gallery and saw it falling toward
me, but fortunately it did not reach me. l
saw men scrambling over each other i'll the
gallery, and heard what seemed to be one
unearthly yell OF agony, and then there came
! the crash and sunk into darkness. l found
mysely under a mass of rubbish with dead
man over me, a wounded man under me, and
another at my side. The poor fellow under
said oh me, but if could fear God always
as do now How wicked l have been all
my days Oh, God forgive me, spare me and
, will be true follower of Jesus The man
| at my side exclaimed: Oh Death, where is
thy sting? OH Grave, where is thy victory 2
heard number of cries all about me, some
speaking about their wives and others of their
children, while others were begging for air.
l believe many of them died from svffocation,
for although but little hurt myself, l should
have died from sutfocation if | had not been
removed when was"
Mr. Joynes tells the following concerning
DR.. Brock: Il was sitting behind DR.. Brock
and fell under him, lay with my mouth to
his cheek, and could feel him growing cold.
He asked me my name and told him who l
was, and he said, am dying, tell my poor
wife how much | loved her, and thought OF
her in my dying moments
kilograms of sympathy and offering aid
for the afflicted are coming from all parts OF
the country. A citizen of New York has
given authority to draw on him for thousand
dollars for the relief of sufferers. kilograms
from Alexandria announces the death of Mrs.
Brewis, wife of one of the victims, from sor-
row.
There have been about % additional funer-
ais this evening. Hearses could not be OBJ
tanned for all of them, and furniture wagons
appropriately draped had to be used.
While the funeral of Patrick Henry Aylet,
was going on, five professions passed St
Pauls Church. The funerals of John NJ.
Turner, Page in the House of Delegates
and Powhattan Roberts took place from Mon
umental Church. At the same hour the
Grand ssemhly attended the funeral of Won n Q