The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-12
The LAWRENCE CATASTROPHE.
Fun Particulars Of the Falling and
Burning Of the Pemberton Mills.
An immense and Horrid Holo-
! caust Of Human Life.
J tix Hundred Operatives Buried Be-
J meath the Ruins.
: Three Hundred Persons Killed
e, and Wounded.
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Terrible SufYerings Of the UnfOr-
tunatc Victims.
SCENES OF TERROR AND DESP AR
NAMES OF THE DEAD AND MUTILlTED.
0peculations as TO the Cause of the
Disaster.
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DunPTl0N Of TIE CITY OF LAWRENCE,
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SCENES OF TERROR AND DESPAIR
DnsCRPTIOH Of TIE CITY OF LAWRENCE,
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TTrom Tho Boston journal, Jan. III

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IRON tho Boston Journal, Jan. Ill
Ihs most painful awful and heart renong calamity Of
- ass viii forever distinguish the 10th day OF January,
1850. One Of the mills in the city of Law
yaAce was yesterday made . charnel house, and Q
hrye number Of the inhabitants mourned the
untimey death Of friends. calamity which has no
sf horror, which has already spread 70 distant parts Of
eur land
cloud Of gloom, and anos. a spirit Of desperation
sverspreads large portion OF the people Of lawrence
s write. The details OF this dreadful calamity are hor-
vyng read and that Telling Of horror is intensified
more who are at the scene Of the disaster.
Yesterday afternoon at about ten minutes before five
o'clock the Pemberton Mil, of lawrence, fell in
Ne ground The min was in full operation at the time,
and the time Of lighting up had Just arrived Nine hun
arsa and sixty operatives employed In the mill but
probably the whole number in the building at the time Of
the dteaster some thing less than nine hundred
We have for this evenings edition further particulars of
1A awful tragedy Our reporter proceeded by the last
70 Esans :rs ana I'd io% Soara thence 700.
ned the city spread far around in the neghborng coun
ny
tween twelve and one O'Clock this morning. people
Sound riding and walking TO or from the scene OF disaster
y soss was n and =, % anos Of people stood BY
Al that distance bright light was seen reflected In the
sky and found that the devolrng els
Det had seized upon the pile Of fragments obterang
a hopes Of saving any Of those who had been reached
and ending all the lingering misery with misery more
intense, tnOugn napply snurtene0. AB me CITY was
neared the appearances OF exctement increased. The
whole community seemed 70 be abroad, and wild troug
gathered about the ruins which were st nsrcey burning
on all the number employed In the mill, twenty eight
deaA bodies taken from the ruins, and nearly
many more, who more or less injured, and provided
Icr af ine Cy h. Many escapea, oseoing and wound.
Yell how many perished. 1t estimated, however. three
huadred were lost in the rus besdes those who were
About . O'Clock fire from the furnace communicated
with the ruins, and soon enyeloped them with sheet
Surid hAnse O'Clock al hopes OF saving the lives or
any Of tnoee 70 the Dui ong was gwen up 10 despair
Engines were still throwing wafer upon the nre IN the
morning. and an immense tnrong Of people waited spell!
ocuno viewing tne scene
tne east Deing supported on me westey sle oy wings
aud ootonongs. Az II O'Clock despetco was sent for
we're present rom MethueD ana North and South
s hn,ldnp Gstroped ras hn;I. ain vss,s a1o
ane S S, ,o ~ % JUL pa aso wss
swo hundred ana eighty ee ong ana seventy feet WIDE
VIZ, Sns v,y nso ~ ny, ~ q. ..IA.sn NJ On sne
~ , h;, I;S Sh ~ .oa M " ~. ~, s 1
sh, mills Ths hn;d,ng vas Tve s,ar,as in hsiS, snd
S.,s -. 80 .A. e ~ -, s,r,s. ~ ~ AS'e ~A
- ssS,ray s.s S .;od ~, a,ar .,a ,ha h,,a,,
hs..ca hs steam sansrso nv boer s,ua,cs IN ny
nssso ~ es soHI sh % a. ~ % u", % ,s , ~ n a
& sou VII W H. hud an Un Tue SCUM n emu
, au. :, h % S 4, denea ai;"ns 10 S; ~ .h ,ho
Lrper oS the soisr in relation 70 the main bai,nr
s s.s :" ,.;h We w ~ '0'~"oA " ''e 'NA 'u'iAs'
IT, shocr rss vayv sndden and the cr.sb ;r,n,od,,a
1S. no are abe 70 g,v den;te Account n ,ha sounds
ana ecepes Of the dreadfu moment, unite IN this STATE
..n, Tob Wa nor omr reoor;ar H,n al h,n,.oS anJ
onnded nv the eide N his wife Who was also seronsu
G;u-.d ,ai,s :. s,r.,aht Corw.rd storv
Ia yss in cs a room in the second story with tho
seona abont 70 light up that room hev heard
ss bt noise and looking up he saw some shas falling
down he was astoundcd with what he saw and seeing
The ceil,nc coming down while the floor beneath hlm
rave way he stood terrified He had no power TO move
The ncxt moment he saw the overseer running from te
room ana he followed him
He went towards window an It fell out He rave I'M
a hopee OF life but s pressed on towards that part Of
the building where his wife worked pile Of ruins ready
70 ta,I huue over hs head He vas struck on the haaG
severe how and lost ali consconsness for a time When
n. ara,Jv came IN his sensea he found himself in ,hc
runs unosr an ,mme nse which had shielded
him I, ON ,he falling ru,ps
sS ~; & M , ~ ~ ,h sr;idnr he ea .r fbrae ,vor,on
irn dead Ha thnhs ha .aw a. anv 40 af,aen nsrsona
= , =. ~ 70 ~ d %. =; =, ~ I 10 ~ i s.~ 0' sy. gT
- c ~ea''nS .. - " ~. =, 1M ,o s., 10. r
mun IAN oonu sH w a ,ie Ivy ns, sc uus & s -
Sny. y a11sreu, ana iu0Ss " 80 'A' 'A'0u "' "a
Ay'to W ei.ner
fcm 'ne ssme 9An ~ .soa' .mea sua' zoe pulng
~. oIV.aeo into depatmen's - oi'oWsGun tnc nrst
nooI ~ .nc weasms Ioou, W we secono nooi caIums
Ievn On we tp"S nool spinning roomi on tno Ioursn
Bpip61g ana carcns fooms on tne nIta oresslns ana
spoonns rooms Ine oyers sno pcnors roon0 "e'e y"
me nrst moor OF = connecscd ov.ouSo09 49, ,..
fne oes" anu "o1Suu 1Hsen I'm '"o nu' s ~o.1
conveyed " uAo Sly hsi', ~"o'o Sveiy fOeei'
Do povimon vas made IUI tne comiors snd re.
ssossron OF tne Wou1oeo; A.sno ume o' .os Nrsa oI
our reporter 10 tnc morning. INC scene nere
was Dreadful beyond comparison;
Twenty seven ceaa uoaes na DcGn s as Is '1ey oy
esed, TO On ADJOINING room Among tncse were tne oio
and young nearly All presenting spectacle OF gnAsty
wSunce and and showing Signs OF pa,nfu deasn
few only Of the faces were calm and placid Tne CITY
Hall was made INTO hospital There was circle Of
ceuches al around tho roen 90 each OF which laid SUI
ferer IRON peculiar wounds bruises attended by
friends whoNe sad consolation ID 10 md them