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406 KIRBV’S WONDERFUL MUSEUM.
the press that was about the window, went forward among'
the inner ranks towards the south wall of the prison, where
he laid himself down with Carey, and once more resigned
himself to death. Carey died in a very few minutes, and he
felt a stupor come on very fast, though he was sensible of
no pain, and but little uneasiness of any kind. Before he
quite lost his recollection he reflected, that if he died where
he lay, he should be trampled upon as he had trampled upon
others. This thought, however whimsical or superstitious,
gave him some pain; he therefore got up once more, and,
with some difficulty reached the platform a second time,
where he soon after lost all sensibility; the last thing to
which he was conscious was an uneasy sensation about his
waist, supposed to be caused by a sash, which he therefore
untied and threw from him.
There is no particular account of what happened from this
time till day break, but it may reasonably be supposed, that
it was only a continuation of the same scene of strife and
distress. When the morning dawned, which wras about five
o’clock, no entreaty having yet prevailed to get the door
open, one of the company thought of seeking for Mr. Hol-
well, hoping that now the night was past, his influence
might procure their enlargement. Two of the company un-
dertook the search, and after some time found him by his
shirt, under the bodies of several that had died and fallen
upon him after he became insensible. As he appeared to
have some signs of life, they carried him to the window
next the door, where there was now no longer so formidable
a press, only 23 of 146 being alive, and many of them un-
able to stand. The window itself, however, was still full,
and the stench of the dead bodies being grown intolerable,
nobody would resign his station in favour of another; he
was therefore carried back again, and once more deposited
upon the platform. But soon after a gentleman, whose
name was Mills, and who was afterwards captain of the
the press that was about the window, went forward among'
the inner ranks towards the south wall of the prison, where
he laid himself down with Carey, and once more resigned
himself to death. Carey died in a very few minutes, and he
felt a stupor come on very fast, though he was sensible of
no pain, and but little uneasiness of any kind. Before he
quite lost his recollection he reflected, that if he died where
he lay, he should be trampled upon as he had trampled upon
others. This thought, however whimsical or superstitious,
gave him some pain; he therefore got up once more, and,
with some difficulty reached the platform a second time,
where he soon after lost all sensibility; the last thing to
which he was conscious was an uneasy sensation about his
waist, supposed to be caused by a sash, which he therefore
untied and threw from him.
There is no particular account of what happened from this
time till day break, but it may reasonably be supposed, that
it was only a continuation of the same scene of strife and
distress. When the morning dawned, which wras about five
o’clock, no entreaty having yet prevailed to get the door
open, one of the company thought of seeking for Mr. Hol-
well, hoping that now the night was past, his influence
might procure their enlargement. Two of the company un-
dertook the search, and after some time found him by his
shirt, under the bodies of several that had died and fallen
upon him after he became insensible. As he appeared to
have some signs of life, they carried him to the window
next the door, where there was now no longer so formidable
a press, only 23 of 146 being alive, and many of them un-
able to stand. The window itself, however, was still full,
and the stench of the dead bodies being grown intolerable,
nobody would resign his station in favour of another; he
was therefore carried back again, and once more deposited
upon the platform. But soon after a gentleman, whose
name was Mills, and who was afterwards captain of the