London-born Ann Brown (1790-1823) (daughter of Richmond gunsmith Stephen
Brown) survived this fire and lived in our Lynchburg, VA house with her
husband Peter Elliott from about 1814 until her death in 1823. Her son
Joseph Peter Elliott later recalled that "She remembered being pressed
towards the door in the wild rush, and of being thrown down in the panic
that prevailed and was trampled upon, and when she recovered consciousness,
she was lying in a ditch somewhere else. Some one had dragged her
unconscious form from there to safety. She was scarred and cut with iron
heel-taps, and the scars remained till the day of her death."
-- 
W. Scott Smith, Principal
HistoryTech, LLC
Historic Preservation Consulting

Office: The Piedmont Center, 311 Rivermont Avenue
Mailing: P.O. Box 75, Lynchburg, VA 24505
Mobile 434-401-3995
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On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Terry Meyers <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> On Dec 27, 2011, at 2:30 PM, Tarter, Brent (LVA) wrote:
>
>  Yesterday, 26 December 2011, was the 200th anniversary of the theater
>> fire in Richmond that killed more than 70 people, including the governor
>> of the state. T
>>
>
>        George Tucker (1775-1861) writes in his Autobiography of
>
> watching the awful tragedy of the burning of the theatre, from which I had
> a narrow escape, and where I was instrumental in saving several females
> from the flames,   I had fortunately quitted the house while it was on
> fire, tho' I did not know the fact, being prompted by what I had suffered
> from the cold about my feet, having dined out that day and wearing, as was
> then the practice, thin shoes and silk stockings.  The play was over,  and
> there appearing to be much delay in bringing on the afterpiece, I remarked
> that 'the pain of cold feet was greater than the pleasure of seeing out the
> play and I would go home'--but the cry of fire prevented my reaching my
> lodgings, and hurried me back to witness a spectacle  of human woe which I
> have never seen equalled.
>
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