New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-14
The LAWRENCE CALAMITY.
TIE CORONER'S INQUEST.
SECOND DAY.
IAWRENcF, FrldaY, Ja.

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~. - :. :, al Naolv u,u.itated two Of them 10 much
10 ,bs, ,hsv cczld not be identified. The thFa was
nv fragments of clothing, 10 be that OF hrs'
- Az, Astworth. She was Is years OF age, Il
.ndSzvss us,rried in March last. Her husband Is
,ho.,ootsr and works at North Salem. Her body H
ives nearly consumed
Tbs t,dy taken out at 10 o'clock last night, has
eeen id,oti6ed as that OF MrS- Margaret Tarner'
TESTIMONY OF SrEPBgS WALLACE.
Tsramason and worked upon the brick work OF the |
yebrton mill al the time thatit was IN consIrueuoui
necer exaripea the Foundation particuariyi th1re
ss alter running through the foundation constantly
snd brought cut white sand, such as we eau quick
Eans; IL was talked about among the worKmeni we
tholght te fosadatiou might be 9naerhueu Wy 'no
water: If the foundation has settled the stones VII oe
found displaccd the walls what we eau @O'inoh
wall or two walls Of eight inches each, ana aR'Se
tetweee OF f0ar inckss tied together at various pes
he corners were made sohd al each conner t"S icy
each vay; think the building was well tied cue tne
walls were too thin; never worried on q lsrse nun mn
so thin tie Vimbers for the upper storles
were cut the same length as IN Ses .owor
s,or;ee apd fhey were found TOO Snort o1
he upper stones because the pilasters had oeen
dspeused with above the socond story there was
small craSS in the CHIMNEY before we hn'snea tne
mill the chimney the west Of the MILL ihere
uss also crack in the larger arch =. the entrance OF
the oour ingsFoOm To- arch remains now the Iloi
used wss yood the Srieks were hard but rough s'e
walls would have een stronger had the piiasers oeeh
carried 1p the rper stories did not CONSIDER Iae
al ,r, s1r~5ob for such a building, and ex-
prsssed that OPINION 70 several personsi a,n Hos
positfgp ta t5id Mr.. Coolidge so; the plS1s9 St
had besp carried through the third, fourth ana hih
storie, shouis still have considered the Walls 700
weak shs MsIrmac mill at Lowell ls omlt win
vanltsd walls. these walls are twenty'e menes
in tho first lasser and the inner sides are Pastered
ever and wasned with cement and think the umbers
60 through Inc space into the ouer wall, WITHIN -FOUR
inches of ssG outside, and were fastened with IRONS
turned up, he open space in the PemoerIoh MIL was
l.n nonoA
s~EsTINoyY OF MORRIS KNOWLES.
lam & arpenter; / worked on the Pemberton MILL
did the work partially by written Genac.' oeiH ore
mill; tki k il for hve-story Dntdihg Tue I'm
bere wsue laid ten inches out the plaster and wall IA
the third story the tmbers lad on tue wal lou5 OF M
inches; don't think the projections built under the
timber added much strength; the fourth ana hish
stories had iimbers cut longer; have worked on
twenty or thirty mills; never worked on one 80 vice
"a this; It's great width would render the walls
sfroraer than narrow one don't know whether 1
have worked on mills with walls as thick as these;
never knew plasters 70 be built TO support uRVersi
tbev generally made use OF 70 StreDgtnen 'ne s
wall; thought at the time that the Snoring OF
the floor was insufficient; the plllars mao
eapstoo email each timber was in three pieces, sup
ported under the joints by pillars the piers unoeT tne
krst floor were brick built upon large stones; they
were first made sixteen inches square, and amer the
tmbers we're put on at my suggestion, they We're en-,
arged to twentyfour inches; THINK never SAW IN III
30 much cut up with windows; this wonld weaken the
walls; never noticed any jar IN the mill nouced the
cracks between the chimney and wall, about hall way
from the top Of the building; there was crack eacn
nide; don't think they weakened the building materl-
aIly: before the machinery put in the tim0ers
sprung and employ ed TO put trusess under mem
think the building might have been more secure tne
anchor irons al the ends Of the tmbers had passed
through the outside walls secured with washers; L
put tome sheathng the eastery SIDE OF the chimney
over the crack; the crack was through the ouVeI e"
aid not consider it a dangerous defect covered up
crack on the inside of the splnnngroom In the thro
story, near the chimneyi the width OF the onSk De
tween each window was about SIX ieet; SOM Uur
lars which had been broken OFT from the hange OF ht
pptle which il rested some OF the pillars examined
yesterday were Of irregular thickness ana some mas
large blow holes; the agent was about the mill duI1nt
its construction: can't give decided opinion as TO tnt
cause of the fall until more thorough examlnatoI
has been made; think, from present appearances tn
the pillars gave way first.
TESTIMONY OF BESJANIE COOLIDGE.
was assistant-eneineer of the Essex Company, I'm
der Capt. Bi9eOw, all the time the Pem6eiton mil
was built; the place was pasture IN I0k we lal1
the fst stone on the 3ls of January, 1885, the so
was dense heavy, solid clay loan; 1t was remarka-
bly solid and heavy; underlying that was what geoo-
Rists call The boulder formation; this EXTENDED down
three or four et there generally stones from ooo
mounds in weight TO the size of the human head, ana
30 down to gravel stone and hne sand spoken Oh as
Quick sand but not in reality qucksand IN thst l0Ima-
tom this sand eed in and made what cali rock PoU
heloxy nerfectly solid underneath that hes what If
called in Lawrence puddling sometimes 1t Is so SOLD
that il breaks out i'll large Jumps when ory when"et,
pS BemDerIOQ.
sbat IL neculiar ouicksand it was full of water and
very fine indeed IT acts almost instantly when allowed
70 res. IL useless excavae 1t as comes up we
onIy touched this in the excavation Tor the wneel
building which is not the main building; there are
veins OF coarse sand in the fine sand and III the PUG
ding; thew seemed 10 be deposits; there was little OF
no water coming through the fine sand until we came
near the rocks; next the canal the rock pan was
full of water, running clear as crystal the
budding formation where an excavation was mace Ill
It. gave out little water which Kept WORKING until
little mud was made the bottom; the qucksand
was full of water; have been in the employ OF Ihe
company since lS46--for 10 years under Capt biSe-
loW and since then under c. L. Sorrow; the boulder
formation is feet below the surface at the canal,
and runs down to 10 feet below at the rveri we eXca
waited for the Pemberton mill to III feet on the end
next 10 the canal; the foundation was on the rock
pack; on the east side il laid in three foundations
bsaIder, fine sand, and pudding foundations; the
North end was from 10 to II feet deep,
resting on the pudding; the south end was made
dee GER until we came where the chimney was 10
star a. when stepped up to the boulder loohdauol
opy7hich the chimney was built; this was the most
sof foundation, but went Hover on tue rest; tue
wet aide was built the pudding foundation az lar
asthe PRIV; near the center, where the excavation
epped ND 10 prevent the action OF the water or the
STAND a cement dam made, cutting the wafer Oh
fromGt the average thickness OF the foundaton was
froufix TO nine feet; there never was foundation
wall laid in Lowell equal 70 it In solldty ana
Strength: il was made with stones long enough
10 90 away across, the full width; think the
foundations l be found solid now in the north part
the pers rested on the rock path in the south part
there were deep holes dug down and lac on soild
saonee; the piers we've laid with bard brck ana care
fuy.tested cement; there were better rocks under
this thar under the duck MILL where was lad almost
wholly the sand formation, the rest beng on the
drift padding formaton the settling OF any part OF
the foundation would almost certainly be III