COLUMBIAN FOUNTAIN.
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= A Fa4sHsEu H. ExiGsNoY - Great presence
II Of Miodla,lLe Golden Rule Of last week states
,,,a,hati duYinp the iobservances with which the
ia lnewnLodge Room Of the |, o. Of o. F. al the
/ cornsr on Grave and Hudson streets, New
hnEYUtk,, was opened on Friday evening of last
- week, DR.. w. w. Wallace, who was addres
J sing tie assemblage, observed the centre of
the floor TO suddenly sink, in consequence OF
the great crowd upon il, and Immediately
some one cried out that the floor was sinking


DIR. Wallace, IN as calm and cool a manner
as is possible for man TO assume, and wa
wing his hand, said, e What spring floor wont
sink?" This had the immediate effect 10 ar.
rest the rush for the door that was about be


ing made, when DIR Wallace addressed him
self to the Ladies and told them in few
words that the lives of The whole assembly
were in eminent danger, and ask them to re-
lire from the room as fast as possible, with


out crowding, and called upon the gentlemen
a To retain their places until the ladies were out
Of the room. His suggestion was complied
with and all escaped in safety-Dr. w, be-
ing the last TO leave the room. Had the crowd
made rush to the door, it must inevitably
have been choked up; and all probability the
floors Of the building would have fallen
through, and possibly carried the walls with
them, IN which case nearly every one in the
building must have persisted. An examina-
ton as 10 the cause having been made, il was
found that the wooden columns that formerly
supported the floor from the room beneath had
been removed, and iron supporters substituted
which were not placed upon beams, but upon
u the bare floor; and they were forced through
the floor some six or eight inches2 We un


dersand that the ladies have since held Z
meeting on the snbject, and have resolved tt
present DR.. Wallace a suitable testimonial 9
their thanks ..at-Sf