The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-16
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her of employees, and for the swaying to am
fro OF Il public assembly under the In Il uenee ..
| excitement. 1t IL not probable that this will
for long line to come at least, be done vol
| unfairly by owners OF buildings or coptrac
| tors.
Everybody seems to look at the present. ans
| only so far to obey scientific rules that his co n
tract IL not liable to he invalidated by any sci
| enti;ic person who may be employed 10 exam
| ne IT, When it has passed that ordeal no
| generally severe one, owner and contrac .ol
are satisfied. The responsibility Is off theil
| hands, and there is an end of it, 1t NAV h,
| purchased by other party and put 10 a ms.
| for which 1t was never intended or adopted
for there Is no legal restriction TO prevent ever
| ms In everything per tanning to the building
| anu use OF large public structures our laws
| impose no restrictions and every man does a.
he lists, or as his covetousness prompts him
| Ihis onght not 10 be. The public ought to be
| protected from the individuals covetousness
| ignorance or carelessness and eyery building
| erected for the use of a number OF operatives
or Tor place of amusement, or for n house OF
worship, ought, while building to be sn bjected
10 me inspection of pa blic officer, who shall
insist upon its being made secure against all
ordinary contingencies.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
II is related by a gentleman who was early
on the spot, that at one point Of the ruins he
distinguished female voice crying in dis tress,
ana soon another voice answered, "Is that you,
LizZie Are yOn hurt!" The reply was an
other groan, and an appeal TO & DDS mercy in
her behalf Both these girls were afterwards
rescued.
young man who was taken from the ruins
AFTER Il confinement OF some hours says his
feelings were of the most PAINFUL and inda.
scfIoabie nature. The groans of the wounded
and dying met his ear at every moment The
shouts OF the people without mingled with the
terrible tosndS within. When released. such
had been the pressure upon his person, that he
was nearly unconscious. He never expected
10 get out alive. and 1t is miracle that he did.
A young woman, aged % years. narrowly
escaped an awful death. Unapprized of the
tall OF the building iii the terrible catastro-
phe itself came upon her, she was TT work in
the third story. She only knows that the
whole flooring above her WAS precpitateu
upon that on which she stood, accompanied
by terrible noise. She was crushed beneath
some machinery near which she was at work
her head being pressed against a beam. seem
ing, as she described il, as if her head would
"split IN two at every moment" Her limbs
We're forced in one direction, her arms in
other. But one arm could be used at ali. Ev-
cry second the heavy weight appeared to be
settling closer and closer upon her She saw
nothing but death awaiting her. Her feelings
were those OF the most agonIZing nature. SDe
SAID that she prayed God that she might b.
delivered from impending death Hardly had
she ceased uttering this prayer than the fall
ing of "A wall i'll distant portion of the mill
released her from the imminent peri, about
ner. With presence of mind that eXhibi led
genuine herolsm, she struggled amid danger
and death, and in time reached point of
safety. This was after being in the ruins fer
upwards of an hour. She was, however,
more injured than was at first supposed. is
evident from her inability not only to leave
bed, bu: hardly turn her body. Her phys-
clan apprehends some internal injuries of IL
serious nature.
One entire family Of five persons. all en-
pioyed in The mill, Were saved.
One little boy wandered among the work
men, sobbing for his mother, his only FREUD,
VINO Wl9 among the ruins. She Iinafiy
rescued, and the meeting would have melted
the Stoutest heart.
One man in the card room hearing the crash,
Jumped INTO fne waste box and pulled the I'D
down. The box was not crushed, aud he was
got out unlnlured, walking Oft as soon as the
lid was raised.
One giri, WHO had her hand caught in the
ruins, saved herself by tearing out two fingers.
She was otherwise hurt
Many of the bodies of the dead have been
claimed and taken away by their friends but
those remaining unclalmed-being past iden-
,lfication--it was found absolutely necessary
To have them inferred. A lot IN the cemetery,
in part belonging to the city, was accordingly
set apart Tor that purpose, and the bodies We're
placed there Arrangements will soon be
made for public funeral OF the persons de-
ceased.
| From the Boston Evening journal Of Thursday,
About two-thirds of the operatives in the
Pemberton Mills were foreigners. As usual.
the dressing room contained by far the larger
whose names appear IN the list OF killed.
The body of poor Branch, the overseer had
not been recovered AZ late hour yesterday,
and his wife and family are in the deepest dis
tress az the loss of an a.ac tiona te hus band and
father Mr.. Branch had two sons who for
merly worked in the mill, but who are now
in stores.
One man was taken from the ruins, the top
of whose skull had been torn off by the falling
timber, exposing the brain. which was perfect;
The man was dead, of course.
The disparity between the accounts OF the
number missing which first came TO hand and
the actual facts OF the case Is accounted for by
the fact that hundreds who escaped unhur,,
in their fright fled to their boardl n g-hoUses,
and were NOT known by the anthori lies 10 bs
alive until after the city had been canvassed.
Those who were nearest the windows and the
roof when the mill fell stood a better chance
of being saved than those in the middle of the
rooms.
The work of clearing the ruins was tempo
rarily suspended about O'Clock yesterday at
ternoon, owing TO apprehended danger from
the falling Of that portion of the walls which
were still standing. Efforts were being made
TO throw down the wall, which could only be
done with safety to those engaged, by dis
charging Il cannon ball against the top, sixty
leet from the ground, or by means of rope
thrown over the top by the aid OF kite.
The question Of insurance is likely TO be in
volyed in litigation. At most. the owners OF
the property can only recover loss upon the |
&C tuai valne OF the machinery after the mill
The Boston Herald of Friday adds:
Among the sad sights, yes tertiay, to he seen |
In Lawrence, the spectacle OF the thinly at |
tended funerals which took place in the after |
noon, was not the least affecting We were |
told by the City Missionary, Rev. Mr.. Wilson, |
hat six burials were to take place during the |
day, and probably many others among the dead |
Of the Catholic faith. The city undertaken was |
busy in his calling from two o'clock until lale |
in the evening, and long before his sad Offices |
ayNt.A tod hn rvI0rn nf
needed to light the dead to the last home of |
heir bodies. in the cold and snow-mantled |
OF these sad sights, however, we |
personally saw but one. The sombre hearse |
was followed by one solitary carriage. and |
uch was the necessary haste with which the |
ceremony wrs conducted, that the funeral |
passed on its way at fnll trot. Others were
waiting their turn, and the usual funeral pace
'ould not be observed.
Among the most affecting Of the heart
ending tales that we have listened to, is the
tory Off brother, who searching long in vain
or sister bnried in the ruins, at last found
Ter locality, and so exerted himself 10 her
elief that he had nearly relieved her from her |
POSITION, when the fire broke out and the
lanes at once surrounded her. In her agony |
he exclaimed, IL am burning to DEATH" and
le was compelled 10 bid her an earthly "good
'ye,' ana run for his life.
On Tuesday night, when the flames were
aging at their height, a number of persons,
{ least four or five, were seen together in the
uins, and the Hames were all around them. |
heir groans and cries for help were most
ppalIing and desperate lwere the efforts in
heir aid While some essayed TO tear away
ne obstructing ruins company Of firemen
layed a stream npon the spot, TO stay if pos
bic the fatal march Of the flames. ALL how
yer, was bootless, and in sight Of fresh air
nd freedom those sufferers were to meet their
readful fate
Among those aiding in their release were
MUSICIAN and a legal gentleman from Lowell,
nd when it was seen that all uman help
lx Iail nothing nv adu IAf Aha |