The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-12
Hartford, OF Hartford. Oonn. n............. lb,o,O
Royal Of Londcn.. .................. l2500
Springfield Fire and Marine, OF Springfield 1000
Mechanics Mutual OF worcester. ............. b6HO
.Ni6,O0

Springfield Fire and Marine, OF Springfield 80. 1000
hscbanes' Mutual OF Worcester. r............... I600
Total. s4lS S,Ooo
The Insurance, il is said, was against dre only.
The general impression that the insurance. companies
Will not oe obliged 10 pay any than will the
value u the rue as they lay before the nre
fesseD II ia present o~ne's Il has been doing very
prosperous bsness, and says has cleared for is
owners $l50,c00
From the Boston Transcript, Jan NJ
LAWRENCE, Jan. lilo A. NJ
Nearly all employment suspe nded here 10 day, ex-
ceI that OF attending TO the wants Of the wounded pre-
pars for burial the dead already found searching
further victims IN the vast snouering hecatomb which
now covers the site where stood the Pemberton Mill
The streets are thToDged with citizens Strangers
And crowds of people the and bessge the
doors o. the ciy Hall 70 learn the fate OF friends
me the bodies brought oat recognition. Al Hall
about twenty OF the wounded lie mattresses placed
upon the door. anu attended by their relatives.
The ubiortnpaes present most pitlable spectacle.
Most Of them hover between life ceasn ami are %
badly bruised by the falling mass bisterod by the
lAnes that recognition very difficult Oshsrs escaped
With uhmutaiei features, and lsss serious bruises All
who retain conscousnfss exhibit able f0vttude
tbeu distress and but few expressions pain are heard
among the bapless victims
In room aJjoning The large hail. seventeen dead
BODIES he stretched upon the loor Their lv,d, black
ened and bbsiered faces present picture OF unutfabe
horror. The hospital OF Sctari the bloody deid Of
Sollerno could have exhibited Q frightfnl
Bending over several OF the eiefs forms their 70
maze relatives oemoanins their loss with low wailiug,
which meltsd the stou ear hearts.
The view at the taty Hall but one instance OF the
many scenes Of suffering ana death. Al the boarding
houses and other homes Of the operatives the spec
tacle is repeated.
The number of dead bodies taken from the ruins thus
are still buried tho wreck "a no report nas vet bsen
made Of the pumber returned alive. There were b.
tween sever and eight hundred operatives IN the build
ns at the time of Its fall and no est mate msde here
places the number now covered by the runs at kss than
one hundred
Before the Ore broke out among tho ruins tho vo;ces
Oef were pard hn
ned IN open spaces formed by toe material Of the build
ing az fell ana who appeared 70 be not much injured
The progress OF the fsgrann brought these
Pykoned vict ms TO q moet terrible death.
The CITIZENS OF LAWRENCE wel a. the officers OF the
city have been uprpg in their aboss sipce accident
behalf Of the suffering and bereaved AID from the
rounding towns Ia also at hand and the victims OF the
catastrophe are receiving all the help which mortal power
when The dieaster occurred nearly all the mills we're
Immediately stopped. The Pacific mills, however,
kept running until the usual hour for closing In
quence IL sad OF the absence OF the chief 0veYsecr
no one was present who had authority ~ the stop
ping Of the engines ana thus the operatives Kept
for come time In painful suspense
There much speculation 10 the cause OF the Asci
dent The latest report ia that t from
foundations. The true will not probably known
until an investigation takes place.
The trains all the railroads centreing at lawrence
were filled with passengers this morning. many Of
them were much delay ed IN consequence
The books Of the concern with few exceptions were
destroyed by tie IRE The pay roll was also consumed
II s supposed thas there about 700 operatives
pUytu LII uis mhIu uululpk, JoV N ue Wibg, which Oil
not fall at tho commencement The number Of killed
impossible 10 ascertain committee or five
caDvas.ng the boarding houses Of the city 10 determine
this fact, possible At the latest deaf bodies
were being continually taken from the smoking ruins We
will not distress our readers with description Of tho
pcarance OF these cnrpees-some Of them nothing but
trunks others with the limbs burnt 10 cuder ami
all friehtfnl " behold.
The following hist Of wounded handed us by Dr. Moore,
gives the number of inui Of which notice had been
celved at the City Hall at eleven ociockMHs McGovern
Owen Braman, John we'tch, Ellen Mccary Mary Gala
Kenrey, Michael Ncturruck, Sarah Doyle Ellen M4oo
ney. Ellis Burss Ellis Ryn, Jeremiah Sullivan, vii
6asn Rossla saye Kate Aois srD a.a'
Nc Allen, Eller Kane, Bridget SAMPSON, Thomas
Moran, Samuel Martin, Robert S,avey, Thomas Wat
lower tn,bs parals zed, Abby Po,tle, J. Sweet, 8
Spread, ME- Kearney, Mrs Doyle, H. Hickey, N. d. Rc-
h.nson, Rehart Lung-csai, n Harlsy-ave calf
shoulders Roscoe fnnry, Mary AIN hickey, Helen Hcx
ey-wrist disiocsted, Robert Hayes, III. Fl Moore
dead, Hannah Finessy, Ellen Msboney, Margsret fla oil
ton, Ellen Harmon, Co'harne saunders.
When the alarm from tn,s disaster was trst given IN
Lawrence was supposed to b. caused by tho sxposiou
o. boiler the MIL, then that structure was 10
flames After the true cause became known, tns alarm
hich before existed was iutensiei into oanc ,oarn
70 contemplate Eye witnesses Of the scene say thaii
would be bard N conceive its parallel. Today genera
gloom appears TO bave settled over the community.
Of the la gest schools in the CITY numbering several
dTed scholars, convened this morning but aismssed
az half Of the usual lumber OF pupils
0AhCe.
The falling Of the walls OF the building commenced at
the southeas. where portion Of the brick work.
nfe.en feet ngn Wss seen by oystanders 10 fo,c itself
IL ess Than minute thereafter, the walls OF
the mills, with TIE exception Of the chief wing, pre-
cipits'ed into hideous mars Of The noise pro
dGcec by the awful event by some resemble
that Of terrible sldea sharp quick rattle giving
pre- moD,on Of the of awful catastrophe.
The sound was heard quite distance ana was regarded
by many ind viduas r. the shock Of IN earthquake,
The most appalling feature the caiamity was the
burning TO death Of OF individuals IL the sngs of
the building. Though confined within solid brick walls,
ASSISTANCE had nearly reached them when the re broke
out
In one Of these persons helped 10 glass
Of water by parties who were endeavoyng 10 exrcate
her. She said that near her. separated only by single
beam, were si1 men upnjTed Alas, they sl
fumed IN the flames, which spread with great rspiay.
How many were thus burnt there 10 datA for estimA
ting. person who Al the fire from its beginning
became coenzsbt Of three parties Of NATURALIZATION
four to six IN nomber-who thus pefisbed.
Singular to relate was Dty reported and gene
rally breved that rescued from the ruins
eleven O'Clock this forenoon only slightly injured II this
were 70, it was q most mir sculous preservation
fne vicinity Of the mills looks very much ike vast
channel house, ~ tt rs having them corpses,
constantly passing through the streets in tina. quar,er
Among the numerous recorded cases " suffering, it
may 10, be apss 10 mention of different character
IL Of the boarding houses, opposite 70 the ms,
family collected mourning the loss Of lady VINO
worked In the nIir, when she made her appearances,
shouting II am a've. She Was but slightly injured
There various reports as 70 the cause VI the
disaster Il % sad that the building was flimsiy
that vlbraea under the ordinary running of the
machinery.
The wing that left standing bad little heavy mach
merry IN IT, and many imasue that tho moving Of sucn
machinery in part Of the building had something do
With The sad catastrophe.
To Simple of the terrible particulars
this Fad event enough 10 chill the blood, and furnsn
the imagination with pictures Of the awful susrngs Of
the v,clims the anxiety and anguish Of those having
irmprs the building, and the vide spread desolauon
this has occasoned The calamity novel 0oe
~ 1t the first the kind member where there ha
been any oes OF lie. Some years ago portion " OF
the nlh al Lo~e fell into the river on account VI defects
ID the four daton, but no ono was injured.
We learn from persons who At the scene Of this
calamity through the night that language utterly fails "
convey adequate dea Of the eancn ,y spectacle the
rgesersed conversations carried on with maoy
II The victims, and refrerhmept paasea NJ
ID, by their anxious friends hoping tna they wou.s
survve Until they could be cxtricasd thought that
Gre was communicated the cotton materials by parties
mavine hight from their lanterns, ana holding a.
length the ruins, In searching for mising ffands
aBc rctasvee.
There copjsctnres among factory managers
In r,gsre the Of the frignral accident Some
persons suppose thai the foundation undermined BY
The water during the recent c,d term me candy na