Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-01-12

1 Careful guess dllSN huOWitiS llldb COutQ VT
known, at the time. Others who estimated
| in the same way, believed the loss Of life
much greater.
THE SCENE AT THE CITY Hall.
| The hall of the city government building
| was used as hospital for such ct the wounded
as it was deemed necessary TO convey thither.
| Mattresses lined the hall on three of its sides,
and on them were stretched mangled bodies,
and others net dangerously injured, but suffer
! ing from painful wounds. The Travellers
reporter gives sketch of things there yester
! day morning, from which we take the follow
| ingi-
On enc pallet lay little girl, with beauti'
full pale countenance, knit with the suffering
she could not conceal, yet unmurmuring. She
was watched over by weeping friend, appar-
emily her father and my heart was reJolced at
the announcement by the physician that she
was not dangerously, though severely, wound
ed.
Still farther, on a pallet, was young wo-
man grooming with pain, from several broken
| bones, internal injuries, and bruised head.
| Halfa-dozen disconsolate friends were about
her weeping, for the physician had said she
| must die.
Near the platform was a poor German, suf-
fering circulating pain. He could uot talk
English, and no one from the "fatherland !"
had found him. His case, too, it is feared, is
hopeless.
On the opposite side were three girls, all
young and beautiful, but with the cold hand
of death already on them.
A large room on one corner Of the hall had
been set apart as a depository for the bodies of
the dead, and this was literally covered with
mangled corpses. Young men, and those past
the meridian of life, women and young girls,
Law there n Uhastlv siuht tn behold
They lay as they had been recovered from
the ruins, some covered with blood, and others
completely dsfigured. Another room below
also contained number of bodies, and others
were removed as their friends claimed them.
OTHER PARTICULARS.
The origin of the fire seems to be this A
man, carrying q camphene lantern, entered
the ruins to give water to a person buried
there. STOPPING down, he dropped the Ian
tern, and the cotton was instantly ignited.
! This was the easterly corner of the building,
and the wind blowing from that quarter, the
fire in a few minutes swept over the entire ru-
ms and the remaining wing.
Very few of the inhabitants of Lawrence ap-
peared to retire to their beds during the night,
and many of the shops were open, all filed
with crowds of people stunned by the fearful
disaster
At the first dawn Wednesday morning the
people collected again at the scene Of desola-
ton and death. Many had not thought of re-
firing to rest and many moro had not slept
wink. Faces heavy with watching were
clouded with tenfold gloom. The morning
bells, which have of late betokened a returning
prosperity, rang out like death solemn knells.
Two cousins, females, worked in the mill.
One left the mill a half hour before the acct
dent The other was taken from the ruins I'M
injured.
The whole department of Lawrence was aid
ed in finally extinguishing the fire by engines
from Methuen, North Andover, South Ando-
yer, and other places. AT IL o'clock a dis
patch was sent to Manchester, N. H., for the
new steamer "Amoskeag," built by the Amos
keag Company of that city. 1t arrived at
about O'clock by a special train, and proved
very efficient in quelling the flames. The
Chief Engineer Of Lawrence, Capt. Luther
Ladd, was untiring in his efforts, and the men
all worked faithfully. Still, one or two steam
engines, at the breaking out of the fire, would
have been found invaluable, and might have
saved lives.
THE PHYSICIANS.
| The call for medical and surgical assistance
found quick and faithful response Besides
all the physicians of Lawrence, others were
present from various places, as follows =
| Lowell-Drs. J. Whitman, J. Spaulding,
Perkins, j. C. Aver, Rider, Dunton, Adams,
II. II. Burnham, w. Burnham, Ira L. Moore,
j. W. Pearson, Dyer, HARDWOOD, H. A. Pills
bury, Kimball, Andrew Bradbury, Parker,
Gage, Thayer, Huntington, Graves, and Kid
der.
Haverhill-A. r. Billiard, Lovejoy, Chase,
Carroll, Gamble, X. Flint j. N. Smith.
Manchester-Drs. Hubbard, Eliot, j. Allen
Tebbetts, Wheel, and Patterson.
Methuen-Drs Lougee and Grosvenor
Bradford-Drs. George Coggswell and Will
liam Coggswell
Brooklyn, N. Y.-Dr. Isaac Farrar.
Derry, N. H.-Dr. Crombie.
THE FEELING IN BOSTON.
Vast numbers of people, from Boston and
other places, visited the ruins yesterday
Sixty operatives went from Waltham to iden-
tify relatives and friends among the victims,
and great many went from other places in
Massachusetts and New Hampshire, on sim
liar errand.
The New England Society for the Promo
ton of Manufactures and the Mechanic Arts
who were to have partaken of their annual
dinner at the Parker House, yesterday, post
poned it on account of the disaster. Twenty
gentlemen held meeting in reference to the
occurrence, Hon. David Sears presiding. They
decided, without discussion, that a subscrip-
ton be opened, and that the sum obtained be
paid over to the New England Society for the
Promotion of Manufactures and Mechanic
Arts for distribution. Those present put down
their names for $4,000, and the meeting dis
| solved lpaviDO fba MOI ha hands ,,f
A. A. Lawrence for further contributions
CONTROVERSY IN PLYMOUTH CHURCH,
| The members of Rev. Mr.. Beecher's church
in Brooklyn, are agi,ating the question of cut
ting off their contributions to the Ameri-
can Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions, on the ground of its completely with
American slavery. 1t has been the subject of
animated and lively discussion at two or three
protracted meetings, and the end is not yet.
SINGULAR CoNsPIRAoY.-The Providence
papers give the particulars of a very singular
conspiracy which was recently brought to
light and defeated in that city. 1t seems that
about fortnight since, Dr." Joseph r.
Church made application to the City Marshal
of Providence for the arrest of Porter P. But.
terrified, an employee of the Barstow Stove
Company, on the charge of incest with his own
daughter, child of thirteen years. The Mar
shal did not consider the complaint good one
and dismissed him. Subsequently Church
had Butterfield arrested on a civil action for
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