The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-01-19
'rMfi1fe eaImity!-Fsiiliiing q Factory

l
Building. Two Hundred Lives Lost!
4 One d ,he most ttr rrible catastr6phe
on record, occured al Lawrence, Nassa
1chusetis, % Tuesday aflerndon, tliosloi
inst. The Psmberton MilIy fell Nth
sudden crash, about Us odock. Will
some seven or eight hundred operative
. were -at-wark... Mills are q eomplet
J wreck. Over three hundred human be
9Fngs were supposed 10 be buried in III,
ruins. Of whom only about one hun
4 dred. were otsken on, mostly. .'1yrriblJ
muIil9sitesd ,apd injured past recovery
One. him, Isl,pckidgy mihglea md parAy
under the bricks, deliberately cut hi
i own throat 10 end his agony. .-.,,s,,s.,,..,.
4 10 adj. 70 the horror oil The calamity
and Willie almost snperhuman cxerton,
4 we're being INSIDE 80 sexlrieate sde suf
4 6rers from thu ruins. dabuut half past 8
oclprk the;lnins were discovered TO bs
4 on hr". And although hrye numbers
u fIemen were promptely on, the ground
PtAt 6fe made saeh rapiiI progress that
nj midenghtl the ruins had become one
4 yasl sheet Vi dems. The sore nms and
meanings Of ths poor buried creatures $
GOULD be distinctly heard. but no power
could save them. At hall past clock
the Mills were i black Smoking mass Of
1brick. mortar and human bones, prams
Flscuonsly mingled. Probably mot sjess
/ lhap lyo hundred beings pe,ishsd in, ,lhe
Aanies. One tremeu dropps dead il lhe
Tstrtet.. ~" ~ ""S"' '7'''99''' "H'N 2
. The fire whicl, finally sacrificed the
buried human being i, caught without
doubt from, q lantern Of burning fluid
which was accilenl!y dropped.ii Through
1.-The cxerlions OF the rtmen who Md
come 10 great numbers from the adjoining
ltowns. the flames were prevented from
'sprrading 10 the adjoining building. " Il
o1Every thing was done rora 4her survi i
yorSr tharhupnniyt could suggest, A
Temporary hospital was prepared, for
the wounded and every attention paid to
them. Between 40 and 81 Ply sivians
are in at tendance. 4 sssuau9. 55ldB 4
a LATER, A portion of the operators
had LETT for supper previous to the falling
of thn building, about 60 remaining. -
fhe building was FIVE stories high, l801
feet long gbyl7o vide. with wing on the
wssistIe 4D slert sqaare shaped like th-
letter L., ltranTe 700 splndlvs,and 96J
operators were employed, The loss, OF
property is e t'mated at S6O0,00O, l
gl9llis NOW estimated That the humber Of
dead islonly about 100 or 100. S2,OOo
have been subscribed for the relief OF ths
~ ,ssuH7rers' pals4 ~ iooYsD rgYssoa 4
o4yThe Boston MraMsays. .dailh %
4 hTkearuins hay in one confused heap,
c9yyrlny an .area of about two acres, and
piled up to . height Of about thirty feet.
From nearly every hole and crevice in
this vast pIe,from the top, from the Sides
and in fact from every fissure from
whence Voice from the inside could
M ke its way came shrlkes ufor Ahep,
groans of anguish, prayers and moan
ihgs, and 10 many, very many cases, The
poor sufferers cduld be distinctly seen
talke1tlos and even reached blythe hand
from the outside. Many thus,imprisone,
were encouraged, and sustalned by ussu.
rancrs,of safety, aud in many cases, cups
Of coffee couii be. ..nd were passed down.
Tofthose below, who, alas! after all these
near approach to safety saw saour haher
hour passed away unt'lahlast the fright
fal cryiof fire and the greedy licking OF
lhe flAmts as they arp! cached with fear.
fu' rapiliiy, cracking aud Kissing all overl
the ren'sinssoii the ground, told them too,
plala'y thai alghope Of life was gone. ~
about seventy five persons meu women
and children more Or less wounded were
take out. 7''' N'''' '-' '''a
AT one point when rope had been
fixed to projecting timber,sa a call WAS
made 10 the crowd 10 take hold and pua! !,
villa q will, but Tor "a, few minutes such
Vas the danger Of the altempl--ior the {
,eim in falling might, enguph all near il 4
--lor n fewsminutcs. We say tha cali was Il
M.n 'skuddtfed aud drew \
ackH-they would hrisk much tot save
those below, but lille was sweet and the
danger great. Az this critical jupclurs. i
woman rushed from among ,he crowd
and daring the spectators to follow, seiz I,
Is! the ripe and attempted to ,hountthe
pile OF smouldsring ruins to,ciear away
with her hspds, The example was ,
enough; not . word was said but strong
hands 81 once drew her back. and thenI
there were nolack Of hands to the rops
The beam was drawn out, and at hlea.t /,
lwo sutflfers d were released from the j
opening lihus made tsapsi ~ bsa f.
The sight and scenes At this period Of {
he disaster We're frightful. One poor 1
girl alive and fully conscious, was drag. /,
svd from the east end Of Me'fallrn mass !
with .hsriyttarm tern lrem the socket, a
md her body and legs %wfally mansled.
She was taken, BY. her friends but could !
not have survived long In one Mace