. A history of the Richmond Theological Seminary : with reminiscences of thirty years' work among the coloured people of the South. ,An immense concourse had gathered to ascertainthe result. Everything was in readiness for thejudges, when the ceiling and girders gave way, and the mass of human beings who were in attendancewere sent, mingled with bricks, mortar, splinters,Ijeams, iron bars, desks and chairs, to the tioor ofthe House of Delegates, and in a second more, tifty-seven souls were launched into eternity. The wholeatmosphere was thick with a dense cloud of dustfrom the plastering, and
. A history of the Richmond Theological Seminary : with reminiscences of thirty years' work among the coloured people of the South. ,An immense concourse had gathered to ascertainthe result. Everything was in readiness for thejudges, when the ceiling and girders gave way, and the mass of human beings who were in attendancewere sent, mingled with bricks, mortar, splinters,Ijeams, iron bars, desks and chairs, to the tioor ofthe House of Delegates, and in a second more, tifty-seven souls were launched into eternity. The wholeatmosphere was thick with a dense cloud of dustfrom the plastering, and the human beings sent upa groan which will ring forever in the ears upon 122 History of the which it fell. * About two hundred and fifty otherswere severely injured. The bells tolled, crowds gathered. Wives,mothers and friends, wringing their hands, soughtto iind their loved ones. Hacks, ambulances, andall kinds of vehicles were there. On that sunnyApril day scenes were witnessed such as are un-known on battlefields, weeping women and children,walking among the dead and dying. *See A Full Account of the Great Calamity, p. Richmond Theological Seminary. 123 CHAPTER X. The Freedmens Buyeau—Ad of Incorporation—Pur-chase of a New Site—vl Hif/her Theoloefical SchoolNeeded—The Richmond Theological Seminar;/ In-corporated. REFERENCE was made on page 87 to the Freecl-?^\ mens Bureau. General O. O. Howard wasCommissioner of this department of the governmentservice, which had been called into existence by theexigencies of the times. The late General S. C. Armstrong,* Principal ofThe Hampton Norrncd and Af/ricidturcd Institute, says : General Howard and the Freedmens Bureau didfor the ex-slaves, from 1865 to 1870, a marvellouswork, for which due credit has not been given ;among other things, giving to their education animpulse and a foundation by granting three and ahalf millions of dollars for schoolhouses, salaries,etc., promoting the education of about a millioncolored chi
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