Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-05-05

wounded in the head.
l. H Chandler, ESQ.,, right shoulder
severely and painfully strained and bruis-
ed-Mr. Chandler states that the impress
sion of his physician is that his shoulder
is not dislocated (;
Ex-Governor Wells, three ribs broken
and severely bruised and cut.
Lindsey, slightly wounded
Hon. Thomas S. Bocock, formerly |
Speaker of theHouse of Represent atives.
10 Congress, now of Lynchburg, left leg
broken
J H Kelly, Esq, of the Fredericksburg
Herald. and member of the House Of Del
egates, injured severely;
DIR. Campbell, Of Shenandoah, slightly
In the head and shoulder, and leg;
Major Ell M Bell, of Stanton, a mem
Der of the House, arm broken;
General NJ D Corse is only slightly
injured;
Robert Beverly, severely though not
dangerously;
When the accident first occurred Mr.. w
ii Grant was just entering the court room.
With great presence of mind he rushed to
the Dollhouse and had tho alarm rung
in a short time.
Mr. Thomas Joynes fell together with
DR.. j b Brock, and his mouth rested on
the Doctors cheek. He asked who it
was near him. He told him his name, and
he. asked him in case he survived to car
lry many messages of affection to his fam
ily With words of endearment and love
for those be left behind he died. %
Mr.. Rnsh Burgess fell on top of gen.
tleman whose name lie could not learn.
He asked. 'NIy friend, can you not move
little % Mr.. Burgess replied, ''No, I
cannot STIR" "Well said he, CT must
die. Goodbye"
During the time in which Hon. George
William Brent, of Alexandria, was cover
ed in the ruins, Mr.. Chandler, who was
between the window and Mr.. Brent, was
endeavoring to get lay when Mr.. Brent
caught BIN by the arm and begged him,
for Gods sake. to let HIM have some air,
bnt in Mr.. Chandler's position it was i'm
possible for him to move until assistance
was rendered. In short time, however
be was taken out and life was saved.
DR. Thomson, member of the House
of Delegates from Hanover. was caught
under two men who were instantly killed
by heavy falling beam. He himself
was slightly injured.
HORRIBLE DEATH.
i The most terrible feature about this
whole affair is the heart-rending man.
ner of death in the majority of instances
Many of the dead, when brought out, were
found to be without serious bodily injury
but had evidently died from suffocation
The mere contemplation of such thing
is sickening. Hard. indeed was the fate
of those who had escaped death from the
falling timber in the end to die from the
unknown agonies of sufocation
From Mondays Enquirer
| Up to Saturday night the deaths had ex.
ceeded sixty, and still the grim messeng Ell
was claiming others. A great calm per
vaded the city, but there was no life, nt
spirit among our people. 1t will take time
to assuage the grief even of those who
have lost no relatives The chief feature.
of the day were the action fthe Bar, the
! Chamber Of Commerce, the Senate, in re-
gard to the dead, and the inauguration o
practical schemes to aid the suffering liy.
ing. There were more funerals, but We
have no disposition to record them.
STATEMENT OF MR. BURGESS.
A reporter visited Collector Burgess:
Saturday afternoon, and found him easier
and improving. When he went down ht
was standing Immediately over the fata
girder, with his hands resting Oh the
back of the chair in which was seated the
lamented Aylett, and felt the jar of the
tio6r occasioned by the first crack of the
timber. He fell on lis face, and thinks
he rested directly on the body of Mr. Ay-
lett, who besought him to try and move SC
that he might breathe. Mr.. Burgess en-
deavored to do 50. hut with both arms and
10Th legs firmly pinioned by timbers, de-
bris. ard bodies lying across him, it was
impossible 70 move at all, and he SO in
formed his fellow sufferer. The poor fel
low could then barely say, with his fast
ebbing BREATH Then | must die. Good
bye" "Good bye, poor fellow" said
Burgess, and in moment after he heard
in his throat, which was close to his face, the
death gurgle, and then be was still in
death. Mr.. Burgess says that his ears
were filled with lamentations and prayers
of those around him-some praying that
God would have mercy on them and for
give their sins, and imploring Him to res
cue them from their dire situation, and
promising to lead life of devotion here
after while one, who was apparently an
old man, was trying to say the Lords
Prayer, but, poor fellow, it seemed as
though he knew it but imperfectly, and
he would repeat over fragments oft again
end again. Some who were strong in
voice at first, and made loud lamentations,
prayers and cries for assistance, gradually
became exhausted, and finally the gasp Of
death would be heard.
THE CAPITOLAA iWARNING.
The old Capitol of Virginia was built
| at tImes when there were NO such moda