Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1860-02-01
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The scene Of horror. when the FIRE broke out
amid tue ruins of the fallen Pemberton mills,
az Lawrence, las not vet been put upon can
vas nor has il vet been word-painied. to con
vev 70 TIE stranger the terrible reality Of the
scene, where hundreds Of human beings were
buried alive, many Of whom were there to re-
main tn the deT0uTinz element had DESTROYED
life, and charred their remains. Those that
rs tnessei this tragedy wall neser forget It so
long as ife remains but 10 fuliF describe il,
80 That Il will appear as a present reality, is
beyond he power Of the most gifted in the use
Of the laBguaze. Charles Kingsley, TIE elo-
qnent English preacher, in a lecture delivered
in Bristcl, England, IN 1886, on great cities,
and their iuhuence Tor good snd eva, /" attempt
ed q description Of scenes which be witnessed,
BUSINESSMEN wears before, In the city Of Bris-
toll. which gave him bis first lesson in what is
nov called ~"sJcial science,n where human
life was destroyed hy hre. We here give a
brief extract, Being lis description Of the de-
struction Of the Bristol Jail, a scene not dis
similar, in some respects, to the destruction 4
the Pemberton mill, where MANY ivrs were
lost BY tne deVouTing element. He says in bis
description
Il was an afternoon Of suIlen autumn rain.
The fog hung thick over the docks and low
lands. Gazing through that fog, I saw a
bright macs Of fame, almost like the half-risen
sun. That, ] was told, was the gate Of the
new NaAA DA AANs AAAH AH NAArANHAn III IT. MhN
b en- set free. The fog roilei slowly upward.
Dark figures, even d. tar great distance, were
fitting 70 and FRO across what seemed the
mouth Of the pit. The hame ines eased-mul-
tipl ed-at one point after another, ull bv 10
o'clock that night I seemedt 10 be looking down
upon Dsnte's Inferno, and 70 hear the multi
tldinous mean and wall Of the lost spirits
surging to and fro amid that sea Of hre.
Ri-ht behind Brandon Hii-how can I ever
"A --m
til the little mound seemed converted into a
volcano, from The peak Of which the flame
streamed up, not red alone, bur delicstely green
and blue, pale rose ard peariy white, while
crimstn sparks leaped aid fell again IN the
midst OF that rainbow, not Of hope, but Of
despair; and dull eXpl0s ons down below,
mingled with The roar Of he mob and the in
fernal bliss and erackle Of the fame.
Higher and higher 9 rog was se0reh ID and
shrivelied upward by the fierce heat reflected
glare, tin & srched itself into one vast dome Of
red hot iron, o. roof for an the msduess down
neioW-aLd beneath II, miles away, / could see
/ he loueiT tower Of bundle shining red-ths
symbol % the old faith, looking down in stately
wonder and sorrow upon the fearful birth
throes OF a new age. Hes-why did ] say Just
now despair2 1 was wrcng. Birth-throes,
and not death pang, those horrors were.
I Else they would nave 10 place in nv discourse:
no place, indeed, Ia my mind. Why talk over
The signs Of disease, decay, deafh2 Let the
dead bufY their dead and let Us follow Him
VINO die-h not;
n I'd cTfsr eaanssih, Eviu--scs O. fhsuev,
And cd fuldiis himself u lsa.y ways.
II was on the Tuesday or wednesday after,
II / r~ccollect right, that Islw another and still
more awful sight. Along the north side Of
| Queen Square, Ia front Of the ruins which had
been three days before noble buildings, lay a
chastity row, not Of corpses, but Ct corpse
Fragments. Ihave no more wish han yoa to
dilaie upon thai sight. But there was ore
charrei fragmsnJ vito q scrap Of an old red
p~ettieoat adhering 70 y, which Insver forgot
which rust Ia God I never shall forget It
Is good for a man 70 b. brought, once At least
in bis life, face 70 face with fact, ultimate
/ fact, however hcrnbie il may Be; and have TO
confess b hiuEsf, shuddsIing, what thinVs
are possible upon Gods earth. whea mar
/ foraaftea that his any wflrss H-- a
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