Smyrna times., 1870-05-04

room, which must have fallen upon the crowd
" hen the corp - wrr, hrn,l"ht uut ami expos
cd ON the square, scarcely our ul them could hr
recognized, 81 lrarlnly di.Ii.urcd were they,
and the broken hearted wlyrs, sisters and moth.
crs of several even failed in some instances to
recognize the victims. The faces uC all the
the dead were lcarully swollen and hackcucd,
it is supposed from Suflocation, and about the
mouth and lips was a sort 0i coagulatcd lroth
tncturcd with blood, which was hardened and
Sti!Trncd with dust. A gentleman who narrow
! ~ escaped with his HE. dcScIlhlng the scene,
says:
I was seated at ono of tho tables with the
reporters when the hoor cavrd in, and the
crash of ceiling, floor and timbcrS followed.
My chair thus half fell, aod | went over the
ledge, but, happily eraspcd the floor, and was
for time suspended. | invniuualliy PRAYED,
! and heard n cHu@n% companion say, hurf
have mercy upon me, | am gone : II was Il
terrible moment, which | >hall never forget
The crashing oi Tia" h"or, ia" shr't.kS Of the
mass who went down IN their death slaughter,
and the frantic efforts Of some to escape, with
my own sli"ht chances of lifn. wore all lcariully
presented in single instant When | rrr"v-
cred and got myself back on the platform had
faintrd and was hurried by somebody from
the fatal apartment
Mr.. Rust Burgess fell on top of gentleman,
whose name he could not learn. He asked,
" My friend, can you not move a little?' Mr..
Burgess replied, No; cannot sir. ." 6 Well, -
said he, " must die; good bye" The scenes
on the Capital Square were such as cannot be
described. In several instances wives came
upon the bodies of their husbands one OF
them was 50 shocked that il is scarcely hoped
that She can live. Another is insane, with
bat little hope of recovery.
!, a member of the Legislature describes his
fall as follows: {" heard a low rlmbna
sound, and found myself sinking rapidly
was facing the gallery and saw it falling to-
wards me; fortunately it did not reach me.
saw the men Scrambling over each other in tho
gallery, and heard what seemed to be an un
earthly yell OF agony, which seemed sent NJ
from one mouth. Then came the crash and
| sank into darkness. | found myself under 4
mass OF rubbish, with a dead body over me
a wounded man under me, and another at my
f Sld". The poor fellow under me said: Oh me
! ut II | could only fear God always as | dC
| now how wicked have been all my days oh
'iod Forgive me , spare me, and will be true
| follower Of Jesus. The man at my side cx
| claimed, oh death. where is thy sting; ol
grave, where is thy victory | heard nurD
, berol cr1cS all about me, some were spcakin.
about their wives, others Of their children
! while others were begin" for air | hcliev
though but little hurt myself should hay
| died from suIIocation if had not been rcmoy
ed when was
r Mr.. Joyncs tell, the following touching nci
/ dent concerning DIR. Brock: " Was sttn
E behind DR.. Brock and fell under him | la
with my month to his cheek, and could fc,
t HIM growing cold. He asked nv name
, told him who was, when he sail am dy
r ing; tell my poor wife how much I loved her
aud thought Of her in my last moments "
. some!of the churches three or four bodc
I were before the altar at the same time. {
nearly every principal street Of the city iuncr:
professions We're going to the cemeteries A
business was suspended. The newspaper off
ccs were hung in mourning The flags on tn
5 public buildings. and on all the vessels in tn
4 harbor, were at half mast The railroad train
coming into the city were covered with emblem
I OF mourning, and many of the trucks and cart
;, through the streets were so covered.