AWFUL CALAMITY AT TROY, NEW YORK.- From the Troy Budget,
extra, we learn that, on Friday, the 16th inst. [instant?],
about four o'clock in the afternoon, a land-slip occurred
from the hill (Mount Ida), the same place where the awful
catastrophe of January the 1st, 1837, occurred. The present
accident, it is feared, exceeds, in melancholy consequences,
that memorable catastrophe. the centre of the avalanche was
at the head of Washington-street, a little below what has
usually been termed the "five points" of this city. The
number of buildings destroyed are from ten to fourteen,
principally occupied by comfortable mechanics; in these, it
is supposed, no less than thirty or forty persons perished.
Had the accident occurred in the night, a much greater number
must have perished, who were absent at the time on business.
The names of the persons killed, whose bodies have been
recovered fron the ruins, are:- Anne Wilber, aged 23,
American; Thomas Kelly, aged 40, County Westmeath, Ireland;
Eliza Kilfoyle, aged 30, Queen's County, Ireland; John
Caldwell, aged 4, Troy; Margaret Cranan, aged 30, King's
County, Ireland; Jane Brazell, aged 4; David Day, jun.
[junior?], aged 4, and an infant aged 8 weeks, both the
children of David Day, Troy; Jane Sanford, aged 23, Troy;
Elizabeth Kelly, aged 30, Westmeath, Ireland; James, aged 2,
and Catherine Brazell, aged 26, King's County, Ireland;
William Graner, aged 10 weeks, and Michael Dunne, aged 28,
Queen's County, Ireland. The following persons were taken
out alive:- a child of Z.P. Hiresall, Jane M'Colm, Mrs.
Gardiner, two children, names not known; James Burnett and
wife, Mrs. Dunn (leg broken), John Clerk, but not expected to
live; Maria Deneiker, Mrs. David Day and two children; Mrs.
Caldwell and two children escaped through the chimney. The
greatest exertions were making to rescue the other
sufferers.- Irish Volunteer, New York Paper, Feb. [February?]
25.
