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Aweul Catastrophe

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Parent Issue
Day
6
Month
March
Year
1843
Copyright
Public Domain
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We gather the followincr particulnrs ofa most appallintr catosttophe frotn the Troy Budget ot' February 17th: 'About 4 o'clock ihis nflernoon, nnotlier Lnnd Slide occurreJ Trom the hill ('M:. Ido) wherethe awful c.itastrophe of Juminry 1, 1837, transpired. exceedmcf in e.xtent and consequence?, tliat memorable disaster. "Sume eiglit or ten dwelliufif. oecjpied by poor fimiliesjW-cre crushed and buried benea!li tlie rnnss of earM). In f hese, }t is supposed there werc not less than thirtï or fortv pkrsoní, only ten or twelve of whom have cscapt'd. lVitl)in an' liour, nine borfics lave been duy from 11 e ruins- five of which were without hCe - one partially injured, and three not beyond recovery. "Had tliis avolanche occurcd in the nightthe deátiuciion of lifo wou ld bnve been still grcnter.as many occupants of the iouscs were absent ut iheir labor or elsewhere. 'A man from the country, passing nt the time with bid team, leaped from nis sieighand eacaped. The horse nnd knd of woud were buried ! beneolh he earili. "We liave j.ist left the scène of disaster.- Il wasone of liorrible dosolation. TIiqus.ukIs were congrega ted on the spot, aml a corps of efficiënt men eugaged in penetratirlg tiie earth, nnd clearing away the fragmeuts of buildThe Aib-ny Journal slatesthat up to 11 ü'- clock at night of the 17th, fijtcen deod boJiesj had been recovered from the tuins; and eighti taken out alive. Seveml more were missing supposcd to beainong the ruins.

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Subjects
Signal of Liberty
Old News