The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-05-08

.,,y Destruction MA
Etrecs of Sn0ern'n'"S
,,. exciting scenes and anc'-
Fortunate Escape OF me "c-
rupants. tSc. .,- s,,r,,., ofsor,
SW' crious catastrophe occurred on
NN'n ,trrrI. between Howard and tark
>I'.''~" ";,,,lyinr the total destruction of 4
In.,,,.ho,,sr and thr furniture contastca
nN."; ,hnurh fortunately no lives were
t"''''", 49,, ono was seriously injured. An
s,r, 90, &c ,',r huildiuc, owned hy John Nc'S.
,'' r5If ~aratoca street. had been Torn down
,,n, view q building a new structure,
VA" :" I,rring the cellar for IT the founda,
.'"n ,"r - ;hr adjoining house, NO. IA, owned
',,.| ',,'g .,r.u?cd hv Mrs. \. Z. HOOK. was un-
''''rninc.i in such manner AS 10 cause one
ll, walls 10 give way. Whieh ie'oiNeu,
..,,r>r. the GrSlruciloN O. bHc ehtlte IMAM
trr.Gj0., Ihrcc Sfor'c> siNSn:
49,; t;oj>hrd the excavation, the last cart
1H% A., having been scarcely removed,
~" ,,r wall of the dwelling No. ia was
Wa. va, ,n crack. and Soou after gradually sink
Tn,;rrmgn &. MoraD. OF The middle dis
..- . ,,5 policeman J. f. KroppS, Of the
49, ,,r,, dj,trict. who were in tbe,vicinity ut
.;..,n 6rsi observed the TACT, and ilUme-
's.'I, r.ry, notice to the occupants of the
%' These. II that time, consisted OF
~ Hook. her TWO daughters, Mrs. Te-
~ wins. and Miss Mary Hook, Mrs. Lev
'r.. sn5 two small children of Mrs. Wills.
,,t,, o,r,,uants Al first seemed diSinclined
I,I;oyc the report, but soon the cracking
.r$ tnmhljng walls gave them additional
narninr. and they at once commenced 10
make their escape.
'';1H, Tba noyrcmCn succeeded in getting Mrs.
~ grd one of her daughters out OF the
t',,.i Wind ". The other daughter, Mrs.
Nh. i,,uNcd from window just i'll time
>, ,,yI h,r>eii from being buried in the
,,,;u. Thr other occupants Of the dwell
,n,. '.' wore rescued 10y Mr.. Henry Litz aud
',H,rs who hanpcued to be in the neigh
Inrhood At The Ilmc. just rs the inmates
,,rr reached. the crumhling walls came
Ioyn N a confused heap. burylnS all the
furniture and everything else IN snapeieSs
,',,s. ii ruins. Mrs. Wills, in jumping
f~om the window, lnJurrd hefSeii
.nurvhd. but 10 no selouS extent.
M, ,>..,le of the occupants WAS almost
rn,r,culyu>, and is 10 doubt owing TO the
,r,.>tncs uf the policemen ana lhelr tlmely
warning. One minute more ana SIX huElan
linus wn,,lj have been buried among the
lt,ri> of the fallen building. The noise oc,
t>;orcd bv the falling walls soon caused 4
,,,c, crowd OF persons TO gather about the
..rnrr Of the disaster, and As the report
aimed circulation throughout the city the
n.D.ry> augmented. nearly every one
,r.rrIy ihauiriug. Was any one lnJured!'
ira, >uII,r!>,, was expressed Oh all sides
ri,,t in = disaster of the kind no one was
lriirfi when il was known hat so many
r..rSrn. We're in the dwelling when the
building hcgan 10 fall.
Mr>. Hooks loss will he very heavy, her
house being valued 1t from five to six thou
sand dollars. and her furniture, including i
rilno. Il about one thousand dollars. a
pHiiuu OF The furniture belonged to Mr..
Will> l. i believed the furniture is nearly
or ,,,l,tc at broken up ana destroyed, but
f4l> >r.S not definitely known last night, rs
lii..tcsri> had not been then removed. The
walls Of the fallen building struck the outer
wal! Of tie house No. It's Saratoga street,
occupied ly Mr. Frederick Neider as Il
!aser beer saloon, knocking III portion OF
The walls, and damaging the house 10 the
rX'"ut ~! aa2ut 200.
Mr. Thomas iautrcr. tailor, who occll-
p"< rnu>e No. l.2 Saratoga street, adJ0ln
ing the western portion OF the house de-
,iroyru, also sustained some loss, Us The
wall o1 The house Of Mrs. HOOK formed the
.Ihlc-cnd wall Of his house. The back
td..iiiu. OF the house Of Mrs. Hook wa;
uuiy partially destroyed. Nj. TegInycr,
,ty commissioner, visited the ruins some
time alter the occurrence, and was Of the
upjulou that the falling Of the house WAS
not in consequence Of any defect in the con.
>.rUcl!oH Of the ewallS.-Bulttm0re Sun, Gth