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 THE 
 
 DESCRIPTIVE OF THE EVENTFUL SCENES 
 
 Tuesday the 8th of Aug^u; 
 
 A Day never to he forgotten by the Inhabitants of the C 
 
 By GEORGE BOND 
 
 But tbe dny of the Lord will cometas a thief in the nipht ; in the which the heave: 
 ■hall melt with fervent heat ; the earth also and the works that are therein shall be 
 diHolved, what manner of persons ought ye to he in all holy conversation and godlines 
 
 Behold I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth. Rev. xvi. 15. 
 
 What solemn scenes attract our wond'ring eyes t 
 What melancholy news salute our ears I 
 The lofty fabric, tow'rin^ to the skies^ 
 Rear'd for the use of man in future years, 
 
 Fell in a moment in the wat'ry deep. 
 
 The sound thereof spread terror all around, — 
 
 ,In wild coufusion some were seen to weep, 
 
 And crowds of mourners in the streets were found. 
 
 Soon, soon, alas ! the Widows' cries were heard, 
 While weeping Mothers joined in their train. 
 The tender Father and the Son are dead. 
 Forever gone, ne'er to return again. 
 
 Quick as the shock, the fair intended bride, 
 Whose troubled bosom heav'd the mournful sigh, 
 Was seen to cust a look on yonder tide, 
 But all in vain, — her lover was not nigh. 
 
 Amidst the gen'ral wreck appear'd the dead, — 
 Some maim'd and dying, too, were brought on shore, 
 And some lay silent in a wat'ry bed. 
 While friends and kindred their sad loss deplore. 
 
 Lo ! in the mourning multitude appear'd 
 The poor, forlorn, afflicted orphan race ; 
 Their piercing lamentations loud were heard ; 
 No more they'll feel their fatheis' fond embrac*. 
 
 Mysterious Providence ! who can explain 
 The myst'ries thar, unfathom'd, in thee lie, 
 Too deep for human wisdom to attain ? 
 To solve the doubts proud man in vain may try. 
 
 Here, pause, my soul ! my roving thoughts, be still. 
 
 Nor diye with curiosity to pry 
 
 Into the secrets of His sov'reign will, 
 
 Wjio governs all beneath the vaulted skr ; 
 
 Who in th' immensity of boundless space. 
 Hath fix'd in order all the orbs that be ; 
 Who with one glance beholds creulioii'si face. 
 And rulos entire ;he wide expansive sea ; 
 
 Who out of nothing made this rolling world. 
 With all the varied scenery of clime ; 
 In all His works what myst'ries lie untold, 
 That ne'er can be explor'd by man in time. 
 
THE 
 
 EVENTFUL SCENES WHICH OCCURRED ON 
 the 8th of Aug^ust, 1837, 
 
 y the Inhabitants of the City and County of Saint John, 
 
 By GEORGE BOND. 
 
 i nipht ; in the which the heavens shall pass away wllh n great noise, unci tbs element! 
 Hrori<8 that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things iball b* 
 1 holy conversation and godliness. 2 Peter iii. JO, 11. 
 
 leth. Rev. xvi. 15. 
 
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 And then proclaim'd VictORU Queen of all 
 Old England's vast dominions ; by whose aon« 
 The orb of day around this floating ball 
 Is always seen, in his perpetual rounds. 
 
 Hail I happy Queen of that illustrious race, 
 Who on the happy times they liv'd, have shed 
 A lustre bright, that none could e'er efface, 
 Whose fame unsullied through the world has tprMd. 
 
 Undaunted, faithful, generous, and wise, 
 For England's rights they stood from age to age; 
 Not all the tyrant tribes beneath the skies. 
 Could e'er their thirst for liberty assuage. 
 
 In this precarious state, where Monarchs lay 
 Their sceptres down, and empires rise and fall, 
 Both rich and poor have but a space to stay. 
 Then sink into the grave, the lot of all. 
 
 To-day, the ship, blown by a prosp'rous gale. 
 Glides o'er the tossing trackless wat'ry main ; 
 To-morrow, sinks <n ocean's gloomy vale, 
 And all is lost, never to rise again. 
 
 To-day, all nature smiles, the genial Sun 
 And cooling breeze give charms to all around ; 
 To-morrow, earthquaked, storm, and hurricane 
 Shake all above and the more solid ground. 
 
 To-day, the world with prospects bright and fair, 
 Sit in the lap of ease, nor ever dream 
 That adverse scenes or even death is near. 
 Till the dread messenger by them is seen. 
 
 To-day, the heav'n-born pilgrim weeps and sigh», 
 Whose harp is on the drooping willow hung ; 
 To-morrow, wings his way above the skies, 
 Where grief no more shall interrupt his song. 
 
 O happy souls, who walk the narrow path, 
 And climb the ladder good old Jacob saw, 
 Kcdcem'd Ly JcsUs' blood from siti and wratk. 
 And from the curses of the fiery law. 
 
 The bridge o'er which they cross shall ne'er givt wey^ 
 
 The ransom'd throng shall all in safety pass, 
 
 Till all arrive in bless'd eternity. 
 
 To share the joy of that bright world at last. 
 
 Jehovah's '•ov'nant love will ne'er abate ; 
 
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 Who with one jjlatice beholds creation's facf, 
 
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 And rulM entire the wide expansive sea ; 
 
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 Who out of nothing; made thi«' rolling world, 
 
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 With all the varied scenery of clime; 
 
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 In all His works what myst'ries lie untold, 
 
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 That ne'er can be explor'd by man in time. 
 
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 In Him the widow and the fatherless 
 
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 Shall find a constant friend in time of need, 
 
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 Who will afford His aid in their distresn, 
 
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 And v/ill supply them with their daily bread. 
 
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 Two fleeting hours had scarce elaps'd, when, lo I 
 
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 The death-like minute gut: and tolling bell 
 
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 Were h^ard, while many a colour waved low ; 
 
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 It was our late King William's fun'ral knell. 
 
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 The noble-minded Judge adjourn'd the Court ; 
 
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 The Civic pow'rs in reg'lar order mov'd 
 
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 From street to street, with Milit'ry escort, 
 
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 Where the mute throng appear'd in pensive mood. 
 
 Hail 
 
 With them into our Squares an Herald came 
 
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 In haste, and did the doleful tidings sound 
 
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 To list'ning multitudes of ev'ry name. 
 
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 That William sleeps with those beneath the ground: 
 
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 Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty ; ju»t and true are th; 
 inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing ; and he doeth accordinfj to his will i 
 earth ; and none can stay his hand or say unto him what doest thou. Daniel iv. 3a, 
 fatherless and widow. Psalm cxlvi. 9. 
 
 On Tuesday morning, the 8th instant, about nine o'clock, the Scaffolding erectec 
 land to Carleton, together with the Iron Chains on whichyhe same resteJ, and a gi 
 into the River. About thirty of the workmen were on various parts of it at the tim 
 Superintendents, were fortunate enough to be either on the part of the \v;)rk vvhich 
 The remaining number wero precipitated with the mass of timber, chains, and mat 
 drowned, and the remainder more or less seriously injured — The followii^ is a list ( 
 
 DEAD. ' 
 
 MichaelWatts, of Portland.who ]>b« left a wifr and Hiree children. 
 
 George Biukley, a widower, who has left three children. 
 
 Daniel Lvhay, single man, a native of Ireland. 
 
 David Mailman, ol Carleton, a young man, who was on the eve 
 of marriage with n young woman of excellent qualities. 
 
 Henry Lord, of Carleton, who has left a wife and four children. 
 
 John Karris, a native of England, who ha« left a family. 
 
 John Maberry. . , . , 
 
 QThe bodies of the four last have not been found.] 
 
 While such universal sympathy is so justly excited for the widows, children and r 
 friends by this melancholy catastrophe, no enlightened and feeling mind can avoid 
 taking, and at the same time lamenting the heavy loss to which the publi.! spirited s 
 
 About the same hour at which the above accident occurred, the Common Counc 
 Her Most Gracious Majesty, Qui^en Victoria, that day hiiving been ofEcinlly api 
 seats, they wei-e informed of the occurrence, and requested that some placa might be 
 wounded. This was promptly attended to,— and while the unfortunate sufferers we 
 Medical gentlemen. Minute Guns commenced firing, commemoralive of (he death c 
 on the telegraph stations and the different vessels in port were waving hiU mast hi 
 City has ever witnessed. The Supreme Court was sitting at the time, and tlis Honoi 
 
 At two o'clock, agreeably to the arrangements made by th-i Common Douncil, tl 
 of Council and Assainbly, Magistrates, Sheriff and Coroner, Members of the Bar, 1 
 bled at the Court House and its vicinity, where the Proclamation of Her Msijcsty's 
 pose. It was again read in King's, Queen's, and the Market Squares on .>olh sides 
 Majesty's Reign over the vast dominions of the British Empire, be as beujficial to t 
 
 Price 4J The profits arising from the sale of the Poem shall be faitlfuUy distr 
 
 phans by the awful catastrophe which it commemorates. 
 Saint John, New-Brunswick, \7th August, 1837. 
 
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 Redeem'd by Jesus' b'uod from &in and wratb, 
 And from the curses of the fiery law. 
 
 The bridge o'er which they cross shall ne'er give way^ 
 
 The ransomM throng shall all in safety pass, 
 
 Till all arrive in bless'd eternity, 
 
 To share the joy of that bright world at last. 
 
 Jehovah's cov'nant love will ne'er abate; 
 Eternal life He gives to all His sheep ; 
 Upon His throne He sits in Royal state ; 
 His saints He doth amidst all dangers ke«p. 
 
 No night, nor cloud, to vail the blissful sun 
 That shines in his meridian glory, there. 
 Cheering his bride, while age on age rolls on. 
 Who crown'd before him stands, all white and fair. 
 
 The dazzling glories of this world will fade. 
 Sceptres and crowns and thrones must sink to dust ; 
 Let saints who now through tribulation wade. 
 Hail that 'oright day that will exalt the Just. 
 
 Oh may we stand among them there at last, 
 When sun and moon and stars shall pass away, 
 And hear with joy the final sentence pass'd; 
 Then dwell forever in the tealms of day. 
 
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 Almighty ; ju»t and <rue are thy ways, thou King of Saints. Rev. xv. 3 — And all the 
 he doeth accordinfj to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the 
 rhat doest thou. Daniel iv. 35.— The Lord preserveth the strangers j he relieveth the 
 
 o'clock, the Scaffolding erected for the purpose of carrying over the Bridge from Port- 
 whichyhe same resteJ, and a great body of materials, fell with a most tremendous crash 
 on various parts of it at the time, bixteen of whom, including the Engineer and the three 
 on the part of the work which stood, or retreated thereto on the first alarm of danger, 
 nass of timber, chains, and materials, into the water below ; seven were either killed or 
 jured.— The follovviite is a list of sufferers : 
 
 children. 
 
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 hildren. 
 
 WOUNDED. 
 
 William M'Intyre, dangerously, both legs broken, and otlieri\ls* 
 
 eerioiialy injured. 
 Dennis Morrison, severnl ribs broken. 
 Jaines Bucltley, (son of the deueaeed George Buckley,) shoulder 
 
 broken, and otherwise injured. 
 John I'orka, seriously hurt. 
 Hobprt MMiityre, William Cummins, and Ilobert M'Farlane, 
 
 slightly hurt. 
 
 1 for the widows, children and relatives who have been deprived of their supporters and 
 led and feeling mind can avoid deeply regretting the f^ailure of this magnificent under* 
 83 to which the publirt spirited stockholders have become subjected. 
 , occurred, the Common Council had assembled to make arrangements for Proclaiming 
 t day hiiviug been Oificinlly appointed tor the purpose. Before they arose from their 
 uested that some placs might be immediately appointed for the reception of the dead and 
 ile the unfortunate sufferers were being conveyed to the places poir ted out, attended by 
 
 commemorative of (lie death of His late Majesty William the Fourth, and the colours 
 port were waving \vAt roast high, — altogether one of the most heart-rending scenes the 
 ting at the time, and tlis Honor Judge Parkeb, who presided, very properly adjourned it. 
 ade by th** Common Douncil, that Body, together with the Chief Justice and Members 
 'yoroner. Members of the Bar, Military", and a large concourse of the Inhabitants, assem- 
 Proclamation of Her Msijcsty's accession was read by the Herald appointed for the pur- 
 
 Markot Squares on (olh sides of the harbour, and in the Parish of Portland. — May Her 
 ish Empire, be as benjficial to the nation as that of her ancestors, 
 le Poem shall be faitl. fully distributed among those who were rendered widows and j.-:- 
 tes. 
 
 D. A. CAMERON, PRinxER. 
 
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