The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-01-12
STAUNT TON.

CLOSING OCCASION OF THE WEEK OF PRAYER
A LEAP FROM THE ROOF OF THE OPERA
HOUSE.-SKATGNG on THE SlDEwALK-FELL
! DOWN A CEILAR-HELPING THE POOR
! CONCERT FOR TIE POOR.
1Correspondence of he Richmond Dispatch
JANUARY IL, 1881.
The services at the Young Mems Chris
tian Assertion Hall Sunday afternoon
closed the week OF prayer, the subject being
" The MniSiratiOu OF the SNirit.'' 4 good
audience was present, and the meeting was
led bv Mr.. 4. VI. Simpson, who. 9f,er max
Ing some remarks. was followed by Mes>rs.
| Hoover, Tabor, Coleman. and Mcllbany.
| A number OF ladies were present. and their
attendance during the whole OF the series
OF meetings, and through the worst OF wea-
| tbpr has been encouraging and appreciated.
| The meetings have been much enjoyed BY
those who have participated in them. and
have been productive Of good, but will not
he continued.
Yesterday morning heavy Sleet covered
the pavements and streets and the trees
were weighted down with icicles and
looked beautifully; but the sidewalks were
| impassable by the ordinary unprepared pc
destrians, and many long slips and hard falls
came to them. The schOOl.boys. however,
took i'm the situation at once, and a number
of the Hoover cadets and other boys were
seen skating down the sidewalks to school
! with their satchels swung across their sh0ul-
ders.
One very serious and startling accident
happened about II O'Clock. a young man,
Mr. Frank f Sagendorpb, and two boys,
! Edward NEWMAN and Cash Hatton, were
upon the roof OF the large three-StOry
Opera-House removing the snow, which
had caused a leak, when the whole mass OF
snow slipped on the slate roof ami went to
the ground, carving young NEWMAN with
it, forty-tve fee into the alley. He seems
first TO have struck against brick-house
opposite and rebOunded upon plank
fence, from which he fell helplesSy to the
ground. Ills left leg was badly shattered
below the knee and bis right ankle broken,
also his left arm. Cash llattOn was also
carried by the snow to the edge OF the roof,
but had the presence OF mind to dig his
heels into the gutter and throw himself
back on the roof, where he lay in this peril
Gus position until he was rescued by Mr..
Sagendorph, who, seeing the Snow start.
had given the others the alarm and run for
the nearest chimney, and thus saved himself
from the fearful plunge.
The wounded youth was attended by
DrS Gibson, Baldwin, Fultz, and Henkel,
and it was at once decided that amputat.on
OF the sufferers leg was necessary. which
operation was performed by DR.. Gibson.
assisted by The other physicians. The pa
tient was then taken to bis fathers resi-
dence in a sleigh drawn by some OF his
young friends, and followed by quite pro-
ces>lOn Of others. His condition Is crlti-
cal one, and it Is a marvel that he was not
killed outright.
Mrs. Eisenman, the wife Of Mr.. Louis
Eisenman, well-knOwn shoe-merchant OF
this city, fell into her cellar last night, and
was badly though not seriously hurt.
Last Wednesday morning the roof OF the
large warehouse OF l.. Bumgardner II Co.,
near StauntGn. was crushed in by the weight
of snow upon it. MeSsrs. Burke Il Bradley
had stock of whiskey in the building, but
it was not injured.
The measures taken in this city during
the last two weeks for tbe relief OF the poor
have resulted in much substantial aid to
that needy class OF our people. Besides the
forty five tons Of coal which was distributed
TO 100 families nearly $500 was collected by
committees OF citizens cooperating with one
appointed by the Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION. and about 80 families have been
furnished with supplies, clothing. bedding,
fuel, &c. A concert is also 10 be given in
the Orera.House tonight for their benefit
The following ladies and gentlemen, con
stitutine the best musical talent OF Staun
ton-and that is saying not a little
have volunteered their services: Mrs
William l.. Bumgardner. Mrs. Frank
Berkeley, Mrs. George p. Baker. Mise:
Lizzie Daniels, Cora Turner. and Fife Stiff
Messrs. Timberake Bear. Shirley Eurit
Cooke, Professors Ide, A. J. Turner, L. NJ
Turner, and the Sionewall Brigade band
A large and brilliant audience is expected
il the weather does not, as usual nova
days, put in its veto, and it is showing nov
vigorously. Penn.