Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-05-06
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HE, RichMOnd Calamity.

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nent citizens and many local politicians, and
great many of tho public at large, who were
drawn there by curiosity to hear the result Of
tho late hearing Of the question of the May.
orally of Richmond. The friends of Messrs.
Ellysor and Chahoon, who compromise the
prominent Republicans and Conservatives Of
the city, had assembled to hear the decision
which it was expected would be given to-day
Among tho many prominent citizons wore
Ex-Governor Wells, ex- Congressman Nelson,
Judge Johp A. Meredith, Patrick III. Aylett,
ex-United States District Attorney for this
District, ex-United States District Attorney
j.. FL. Chandler, and others. AT IL o'clock
the gallery of the court room, which was
crowded, fell in, the floor followed, and there.
on descended thirty feet to the floor below,
which was tho floor Of the House of Delegates
of Virginia, on which some few of tho mem
bors Of caucus were waiting around.
There was general crash of ali The tim
bcrs, and the falling of the inside wall, in
which were killed: Patrick FL. Aylett, Cap
tain Charles, Chief of tho Firo Brigade; H.
M. Sohofield, City Assessor and brother of
Gen. Schofeld, late Secretary of War; DIX.
j.. B. Brock, Editor Richmond E,quirer
Julius A. Hobson, City Collector; s. Dugger,
Member House of Delegates; T. A. Brewis,
Commission Merchant of Alexandria; Sam.
uel Eaton, Boston. Mass, and former Thoat.
rical Manager Of the Boston Theatre; Pow.
hatan Roberts, Commissioner in Chanoery of
tho Court of Common Pleas; James A Bla.
mier, of Berlin, Prussia; S. Il. Burnham,
Syracuse, New York; N. p. Howard, Law
yer; AA~h Levy, Merchant; j. w. D. Bland,
Watson, Merchant of Danville; Thomas w.
Wilcov Goo fodo IN Guporol Ocn,,oI TT
Hairston, wealthy landholder of Henry Coun-
ty; Charles j. Grcnuan, of Washington, d.
G.; Robert II. h1aury, J1., Land Agent;
Edward Ward, of England Wm. II. Davis,
Coal Merchant; John Robertson, coorcd
Baptist Minister; Colonel Pichegrew Wool.
| book; I. p. Foley, Deputy United States
Marshall; w. d. Randolph, of Now York
| II. Il. Bradshaw, Grocer and thrty-thrce
others, amongst them one Captain, one Ser
geant, and nino Privates of the Police who
were on duty in the building.
Amongst tho wounded were Ex-Governor
Wells, ribs broken and otherwise internally in
jured; Major II. K Eysop, slightly; Ma
jor George Cahoon, slightly l.. II. Chandler,
Judge John A. Meredith, Jas. Nelson, John
Howard, Rush Burgess, Collector of District;
| Wm. G. Duncan, Agent of Virginia and
New York Steamship Line; Hon. Thos. S.
Bocock, of Virginia, Ex-Speakcr Of the Uni.
! ted State House of Representatives, leg am
putated; General NJ. D. Corse, Tx Major
! General Confederate Army, Colonel Geo. w.
Brunt, of Alexandria, Captain Geo. w. Al
len, Postmaster, w. G. Ellom, Newspaper
Correspondent and Broker, Thos S. Bald
rom, Merchant, from Newark, NJ. W.D.
Chestcrman, of the Petersburg Indcr, Wm
II. Saper, Merchant, of Baltimore, and about
one hundred others. Directly after the dis
aster occurred the fire alarm gave notice and
tho Hook and Ladder Companies of The city
repaired at once to the scene.
A Gordon of police was drawn around tho
building, and the ladders were thrown up to
the windows. For three hours after that the
scene was full of horror. Minute after min
ute there appeared swung out by rope, tied
around the middle of the body Of some popu.
lar favorite, who, after being swung on the
top of tho shoulders of one of the fire brigade,
mangled and dead, were brought down the
ladder into the green of tho public park,
where it was instantly surrounded by two or
three thousand Of these who had gathered to
recognize the slain. The park was filled with
anxious, weeping men until 2 o'clock, when
the last victim was drawn from the building.
After this tho police closed the park, refusing
entrance to any one, tho bodies of the dead
having been sent out.
All the stores in the city were closed, and
placards put upon the doors: "Closed in
consequence of the disaster at tho Capitol"
| No moro business was done during the day.
To night meetings were held of members of
the Press Association, members of the late
military associations, and members of the Bar,
and of tho citizens generally. TO morrow
will be observed as q day of general mourn
ing.
RICHMOND, April 2S.-To day all houses
Of business have been closed, having Grape on
the doors, and the inscription, "Cosed in
consequence Of the calamity at the Capitol"
The streets have been filled all day with
funeral corteges.
In the funerals Of dead policemen both sets
of policemen join.
All late political feeling seems to Lave been
forgotten.
The bells of the city havc tolled all day,
and the streets look as if it were Sunday.
A crowd Of 1000 people is now assembled
in the Park, hearing addresses Of coincidence
from Gov. Walker.
Judge Ould, Judge Crump, Governor Wise
and others delivered speeches from the South.
crn portico of the capitol.
Thomas J. Baldwin, one of the injured, died
to day. He was from Newark, N. j., and
owned large clearinghouse here. His is
the only death that occurred since Yesterday.
Both Houses Of the Legislature held infor-
NAL meetings this morning, and agreed to
unite with the citizens In any general funeral