The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-06

h&ARruL EARTH SLInEs-THREE TERRIBLE
A,,yaESTs WITHIN FIFTEEN MNuTEs.--The
!n'>lWg Dispatch says: There was q
saving" scene in Monongahela Dor
III yesterday. The latter part of the
a.E had been stormy, and after day.
ak the I1tiu fell in torrents. On the
'r.' OF ii" almost perpendicular hill looking
! NJ; "pon the borough the storm was par
:s''la1iy ict. Such was the effect of the rain
r..-l i gradually looscned orerhanging lodges
q. rgcil--hugc projections, weighing many
,.ls md these, unsupported, fell with ire
#.~?ious force from their places, striking the
.#t,'yM,d railroad bed 100 feet below, and
s...aling thence, soITc Of them almost un-
":a>yn. others in Il hundred splinters,
tanG"h the mir.
tlc first crash c,ilnc ut twenty minutes
is, O'clock. At this time i'll one of the
1artjcS, occupied by the families Of John
:i0lleiHn and Bernard McCatferty, prepare
'0n- fOr breakfast and early attendance ut
lister church services were in progress.
The list named had been upstairs with his
Vic and man named Joyce. and all three
,>>Tc now descending to the lower story,
Joy &C leading the way. When about half Il
do2rn steps from the bottom piece OF rock
Wvic ling at least half a ton came whizZng
',.Ju.'i the side of the house. bearing with
81 walls and doors, ulld tearing away the
s1oiTs just from below the step on which
Tuy ro wa standing. Its course then lay
through the floor into the cellar, bringing
Joyce along, but apart from injuries to his
.us,s and some slight bruises not injurinS him
sc.ercly. Holleran and his vile, strange to
sax, We're left standing on the upper and un-
s@ppovted portion Of the steps, frightened
nuI Of their wits, but otherwise unframed.
iWO minutes after this another rock came
jnto the building, swept the clock of the
ii'ante!-piecc, dashing it into many fragments
al earring through the room occupied by
NJ. NcCalierty and his family.
HE crash of the falling rocks woke up the
attire row very quickly. and in moment
IA. situation was so far understood that pre-
~ atlons were made for safety. A woman
l.alned Mrs. Jones had, with her daughter,
only little while left house occupied by
them, u few doors removed from that Of
which Holleran and McCalierty were tenants,
when another immense weight Of stone
'yhlrled through the Joues building, cutting
II completely, tearing away the stairs, break
ing the furniture, and eventually lodging in
H.. cellar.
Tho worst accident occurred in less than
ti,,,n minutes on the premises OF man
named John Golden. ."
VIZ. and Mrs. Golden, on learning what
If.l occurred further up, left their place and
went to II family next door, allowing, how
cg,y, their baby to remain in bed in their
".,n house. They had been away some time
WAcn little girl of seven Years thought Of
tHn numbering child, returned to see how it
!lrrA. and brought it out Of the house. She
I'D 10 more than left with her charge when
:..r largest piece Of rock that had yet fallen
van" in with terrific crash through the
!.sise, leaving it simply mass of Splintered
'imaeIS and landing ten feet beyond. All
through yesterday the greatest alarm pre-
'ird among residents i'll the row, and a
distant watch was kept upon the frowning
i.' above, which ut that place seemed on the
point Of dissolution. 1t is only matter of
t..Ar for further falls, and the fact is so well
tGjwu that tue Italians never looked with
.Hc,tcr anxiety and suspense for their native
~ tiauches than do the Mononsahcla borough
15I+, at present anticipate the dreaded land
,.i..,> from Mount Washington.