The Express.
London, England, 1860-01-24 00:00:00

SHOCKING CATASTROPHE-LOSS OF
200 LIVES.

The New York papers of the 11th contain details of
a shocking catastrophe which occurred at Lawrence,
Massachusetts, on the 10th. About 6 in the after-
noon the Pemberton Mills fell with a ridden sad'
awful mash. There were some 700 persons at work
in the mills at the time, and it is supposed that at
least 200 were killed outright, while many others
were shockingly mutilated. During the evening the
ruins of the fallen building took fire, and many of
the unfortunate victims doubtlem perished in the
flames, as no relief oould be afforded. The follow-
ing details are from the American papers:

Thu iallowisg telegram' contain intelligeime of a frightful
mama** et Lawrence
Borrox, Termaar, lan. 10, 6 P.m.
The Pealearton Mills in Lewanes, is this Maki, employ-
ing baleen ave and eia hundred operatives, fell this Ma -
nom about are o'clock, burying nearly every person in the
ruins. The seirgled bodes are bow taken out by the
Gaidend. It is supposed that over two hundred were Mei
iaasatly.
LAWZINCI, Yale., TIIIIIDAT, JAN. 10, 9 P.M.
OM of the meet tenable eatasteoppes ca nosed marred is
this city this efterneon. The PaaNalea Mill. fell with a
endelon ark about are o'clock, while emus dr or "nen
bathed operatives were at work. The mills are • conakte
wreck.
etc two a three hawked pram ere suppomel
to be d a the rube; at present it le ise-
Pedable to give anything Ma • oared stateraatt
ol the less ef lily bat from the beet Waxily It is be.
dead that at kart two hundred are dad in the ruins.
=Ldeed bodies hays been shady team oat, together
e twenty-are poems morally wowaled, Wass
awe Mg fa allment sieges of mutilatka. Mr. Ohm, the
agent el died., end Mr. Howe, the treseaser, tamped by
male, hem the felling building
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Our tweet Is pot ems hen the Edmond the soon
there Nor odl dieedniss. bane two or non area d
Pared 1111 pent sw win every dwiertylien et arehanary
awl Ow MN treettog. Hugo bombes en haft to hilt
sere two er Ono Newand who en as It
he their own tees to rum the sdtetoeb reeny sway
at whswi ere eel ryeend hub. to be se met hem
their Whom /hay In ninon one pose math to
=tlnn Ns when, tred it le lewrtrewddeg Ohm
ee if hr
as they en dm out tilimia end erne enehed
Sr tom One an, abodditgly and pertly under
the Woks, hilharattly cut his emu to end his away.
The whole ellW mem in moaning. tinny ere rewnlag
direseh the dusts, and, with searelANg the
nine. T hospitals have been arranged he Nen
by the work fit& with despair.
=wish auk nand W nedemelny away, thrones
deeds to ens the ney oda be diver the rabic Oran&
H. K. Oliver le oluogietous sod active in directing then
=who no ewinneriag to rune the victim of the
. Gimp et inn Nib ropes below are oonatantly
Emegent al lap plows of the wreck which imprison so
SW. NOM of the maws en killed in their brume

Bias we left the seem of disaster, reports of mere of the
dead and dying are oonstaatly coming to tia. Burgeons are
waft in tram all direetions, and everything that can be
dame, at suet a paland moment, is being done for the seem-
fag victim of the fearful calamity, the mystery of which will
have to be chard rep by sa 1
Lawanfeca,2=,, Ji.x. 10, 11 p.m.
At shod Its adonten to 6 eels& this afternoon our citi-
es's IMMO ohms& by the art cf Ora which proomeded from
the Nabobs Mips, alma fewilits of which bad fallen •
dolernalwawli whitest the sit hmst era:slag to the sear
MM bingo was wee that at work
The lefaing wr RIM coeslimed to be ea iden& ea it
wale to have Weal It was bat aloud seven shwa,
sod sus the. thought a Am& Wad,babe. the ma-
&Wry was pot la, the wens speed to sash a dams that
some twenty-two to el ho plates were pat la to nave
from Wig by its ma weight. Prom the best informatics
than alla be awe giiiseell, the bonding appeared to crumble
sad MI from the met= mew or sad towards the Duck
MM. It fell Inwards, sa If powerfully drawn that way.
The Bre companies at coos repaired to the spot, but there
bass no Are, they at oboe set to work with a will to remove
the nibble& They very woe retched some of the reams, so
that the dead sad wooded were Mks eat as het at Arty
could be resched. Mr. Owlet Batchelder helped to remove
seas twenty-cis in various conditiona—scow still
otiose dad and terribly mutated. Maven. Chase,
Paterson (or Tatterson), Melvin, earl Winn, overawe ash
eimim, are sda.
Mr. Berth, ea overate, hes set bets had.
The City Hall has heft mavatel Ye a temporary hos-
pital far the dead and wenaisel, to rants& there until rang,
abed by their lblesitzsittensh soma were recognised and
tekaa steam Mb*
The ersemiell see sow at the Hall :—Mary Ann
cam^ , Sarah Dale, EllotWard, EllanMalemy,
Themes Ommer, Bradley, Kos Harykes, Joanna
Ceimehy, Monts Palmer, Georg* Hoodalpha, Mrs. Fridleat,
Rabat Hays, Courtney, Mary York, Marmot Hamilton,
I=lHaneykill, Mary Kennedy, List Yair.
ere tweaty-two corpses, only the following of which
have boa recognised :—Mary M•Domild, John Dearborn
Baled Ryan, Margaret Bulhvan, Mike O'Brian., and
Pamir.

- Mr. Palmer wee deeply buried in the ruins at the thee, and
thinking there wan no prospect of being estrkated, cot his
throat to end his sufferings. Still he was extricated, and lived
ter some time after arriving at the hall.
One woman in that part of the mill still standing became
frightened, and threw her bonnet and shawl out of a fifth-
Nary door and jumped out herself, breaking her arm and
injuring herself so that she cannot recover. The labouring
tone of the mill was about 960, and it is supposed that about
TOO human beings were actually burled in the ruins.
A woman has just been rescued who says there an some
twenty-five more in the stinky of her yet allow.
About half-past nine o'clock Are was discovered. This
additional horror, although somewhat apprehended, streak
terror to the hearts that had Dame been hopeful of saving
more Rm. Still the work of removal went briskly on. The
fore, pampa sad all the engines which were on the ground at
once got streams of water on, and have been yronzlag on tor-
nao, so that now (11.30 p.m.), although volumes of smoke
sad steam are rising, yet the the does not seem to gain, and
It is cerfrinly to be hoped that it has boss stayed.
I Those near at the breaking out of the Are were almost at
the point of extracting a woman not badly Me, but the
flames drove them back, and the woman II imputed to have
perished whim delivery seamed so neer. The mayor has
telegraphed to Lowell for the firemen of that city, who will
arrive here *bent owe o'clock. It Is estimated that not lose
than two thousand able-bodied men have been caner ently at
work on the rains ; but notwithstendlog that so many have
been working is a soma owe, yet no saddest that we can
lowa of ken mourn& _ _ _

Twelve o'clock, Midnight.
Csleaky awaseede calamity! In ten minims the whole
raw of Mine he become one stunt of bait The sores=
and moans of the poor buried maltose can be dktiactly
beard, bat no power can sere them.
The flame* threaten the dsverwition of the Washington
Mills, sad thiv taidp over the river.
Lawmen; KAM, JAN. Ij, 1 A.X.
The Pemberton Mils ars mg a Meek, emeiliig wee.
Brkk, mortar, end home& be.., are gimpileserrisly mingled.
Probably not bee than ISO hunk Islay whisk he the
Boom The Ike waft qd* week, lowslng net anlg ohs
remains Mkt bairns as Bang kag Ist, but ealislag to the
insterisi thee had in Madness be., mowed,
The Wedinglea Mite ars in great Jeopardy. The wind

=mode tea Duck Mille—whose wonting-roan almost
Ws Piesbutos—it may almost be destroyed.
Two o'clock a.m.
Through the ahem* saperhtunen exertions of the firemen
the Waehingtan Kills are now °caddied to be out of danger.
Of the Deck Mills the prospect is not so good.
Everything that can be dose is being date. Fire oom.
ponies are present from all the neighbouring towns. Between
of and fifty physicians arc in attendance at the City-hall
and other places, wherever the injured need their ISTICeI.
The ruins having burned up, it will be many days before a
um knowledge of the killed and wounded am be anived at.
The fire, which finally saartfloed the burled hareem baler,
caught, without doubt, from s lantern of burning fluid winch
was accidentally dropped. One fireman dropped down deed in
the street. The streets are filled with a morns of human
beings, every one eager to do, and see, and hear. Friends,
who Wore the fire were alternating between hope and fear,
are now settling down in hopeless deepen..