The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-07-15
BY TELEGRAPH.
Fatal Accident I'm LynchburE-Tw0
Persous Killed and Two Injured.

Persons Killed and Two injured.
Especial kilograms 10 the Dispatch.l
LYScHBCRG, July 14.-This morning about
O'Clock the half Of the rear part of the City
Hotel fell from the roof down with terrible
| crash, burying 10 the ruins Mrs. Brown, sis.
ter of L. F. Lucado, and T. E. Harris, mer.
| chandise broker, and negro man and child.
The alarm was sounded as soon as possible,
and the Hookand- Ladder, company was
| sooH on the spot at work. The negro man,
first 10 be rescued, was considerably bruised.
Next, Mr.. Harris, the extent of whose in
juries will not be known until reaction takes
place. Mrs. Brown was killed, also the ne.
gro child. The building was occupied as
boarding-house-M. F. Hickey proprietor.
A complete wreck was made OF the building.
The cause Of the disaster was the crumbling
Of the outside wall, it being built OF ma.
chine-pressed brick.
ANOTHER TELEGRAM,
LYScHBURG, VA, July 14.-About4 4 O'Clock
this morning our citizens were aroused by
the violent ringing of the fre-bell-the first
alarm it has sounded for several months.
Upon inquiry it was ascertained that the rear
portion of the City Hotel, corner Of Main
and Sixth streets, had fallen suddenly with
Il great crash. burying beneath its ruins seve-
raj occupants of the building. Most fortu.
natey all Of the FIVE or six destroyed rooms
were not fully occupied, number of the
boarders being absent. AS near as can be
ascertaiGed only three persons were domi-
ciled in the portion of the building which
was wrecked-viZ. Mrs. Lucy Brown,
killed; MIR. T. E. Harris, commission broker,
badly injured; and negro child, who is miss
ing, and whose remains are supposed to be still
beneath the ruins. Mrs. Brown was dead
when reached by the firemen, who were
quickly upon the scene and worked faith
fully and manfully to rescue the uufortu-
mates. Mr.. Harris was speedily extrieated
from the mass Of rubbish, but in precarious
condition. Search is still being made for the
nego child. 1t is not believed that any Others
were injured. Mrs. Harris, fortunately, was
absent from the city. Two young men who
occupied q room on the third or upper 1ool
by the merest chance spent the night with 6
friend, and II us escaped almost certain death
The building was an old one, but was moi
considered at all unsafe.
TIE LATEST.
LYNcHBURG, Va, July 14.-Mr. Thoma:
Z. Harris, one OF the sufferers in the City
Hotel accident, Is quite comfortable tbi
evening, and it is believed that he has sus
tanned no serious internal injuries, and vii
probably recover. lie was immovably i'm
prisoned beneath the ruins Of the building
with his head forced down between hi
knees, for two hours before his rescuer:
could liberate him.
The body of the co'ored child (Margaret
WAS taken from the debris this afternoon
She mus. have been killed instantly.
A colored man-Frank Sharp was in bee
asleep in the basemeut-room, and, strangely
enough, the head.board of the bedstead sup
ported the fallen timbers in sIch manner
that although the timbers and contents O
the three upper floors were preciptated into
the basement he was rescued almost uuhurt
1t is both strange and fortunate that the
disaster did not occur at time when the
dining.room was filed with boarders. II
being on the first floor, thirty or forty per-
sons would most certainly have been killed
thus riyalling your capitol disaster of seve'
raj years ago.
Mr.. Hickey, the proprietor OF the board
ing.house, loses some $1,000 in demolished
furniture and fixtures. The building was
the property of Mr.. James Franklin, Sr.