Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-01-21

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Ia latern Of burning fluid witch was acei
1dentally dropped One Of the fremer
ldropped dead in the street. The streets
are filed with mass Of human beings
'Ieyery one eager to see and hear offriendi
who, before tic fire were alternating. be
tween hope and fear, but are now settling
down into hopeless despair.
j A portion Of the operatives had Left fol
supper pre-, lous to the falling Of the build
ling, about 600 remaining.
The building was five stories high, 2G(
fleet lopg, 20 vide, with a wing on The
west Is feet square, shaped IKE the letter
IL. It ran 200 spindlss. 900 operatives
were employed:
j A Ey5e portion Of The killed are young
Igills, many Of them Icing main supporters
lof their parents.
The fire was confined to the ruins Of the
.IPembertcn Mills.
The loss Of property is estimated at
100000.
/ The Lawrence catastrophe casts gloom
lover the city.
Hon. David Sears resided al meeting
lof 20 gentlemen to day who subscribed
$4,000 for The relief Of the sufferers, and
appointed Committee to solicit further
contributions.
| Trains to Lawrence are crowded.
John Ward, operative in the cardiDg
room Of The second story, who was mirac-
ulously saved with his wife, who worked
near him, describes his escape as f llows:
Was in the cardng room with the second
cverseer, lighting it up; was five or ten
minutes before five; | suddenly heard q
loud, laundering crash overhead, and look
ing up saw the shafting coming down up
on Us; all oyer the room terrified | stood,
fastened TO the spot although knew the
building was coming on me; then | heard
1.-The overseer shout; | tried to jump out Of
the rubbish, but something struck me
sensele S.
When I came to, / found myself in the
rubbish, covered with blood blood from
wounds on my face. Finally ! crawled up
and got to the top and found a lot Of rus
ms hang over me which liked to have Ia
ken my life, but | succeeded in getting
out. | passed dead girl and two man
gled bodies; when first was knocked
down fell under heavy grinding stone
which was too heavy 10 give way to the
weight above.
Ward found his wife at the City Hall.
Margaret Hamilton, aged Is; this was
her first days work. Her devoted mother
attended her, and being asked what ipJur
les her daughter received, replied, her arm
was broken, ard her head is broken, and
oh, my God, here the poor woman burst
into tears-my poor darling is all broken.
The unfortunate girl died to-day.
The daughter was the main support
her riother and four children.
Miss Olive Bridges,of Calais, Maine,who
worked in the fifth story, seized the hoist
ing chain of the elevator and went safely
down and escaped before the building
caught fire.
"A number Of those imprisoned beneath
the ruins could be seen and conversed
with. Drinks and refreshments in some
instances were passed to them when the
fire spread over the ruins. They found
y eapehopeless, andbid'adieu totheir friends
I'D in several cases gave directions as to
the disposition Of heir effects. In one
part of the building hole was battered
Through wall, and through it could be.
seen three young women, who said they
were not injured at ALL One thrust her
arm through the small aperture and beg
ged 10 be drawn through It; but before
1.-THE aperature could be made large enoug1
the flames drove the men away, and tbs
prisoners perishsd.
The insurance or the Pemberto1 Mills
was $4l5, 900, said TO be against fire on
ly.
| FARM MORTGAGE SuIT.-At the last
term Of ,he Circuit Court of this county, a
Suit was hrou0ht by w u fllarlx of Mich