Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-11
THE LATEST NEWS.
TELEGRAPHIC.
htCTiON OF A LARGE COTTON
MILL BY FALLING AND FIRE
Proba bly, 200 Lives Lost nd . I.rs. ruun.,
of Employees Woundea

BOSTON, Jan lO.-The Pemberton Cotton Mius
al Lawrence, Mass. employing -four Ia ave- bnn
rn;ns na n.rI, ier tnis afternoon 6uryng in It's
bodies are being taken out bv cart-loads 4, q.
supposed that two hundred persots w.
killed instantly.
LAWRENCE, p. m-rhe mills fell suddenly
about O'Clock. while there were GOO 20 7,n one
atiyes at work. The mills a plete wreck.
and II is supposed that 2uO 800 hands are burieS
beneath the ruins, but il is imrossible at NJ. sent
to give correct account Of the loss of life Eight
cen dead bodies have already been taken out
twenty-five mortally wounded. and about ffty in
different stages Of mutilaton The agent OF the
m and the treasurer, escaped by running from
the falling building
ltis impossible yet to tell the cause Of the discs
ter. The scene beggars description.
STILL LATER
LAWRENCE. 100 a. m.-The entire Pemberton
Mills are fiat and smoking mass of ruins Prob
ably not less than POO persons have persisted The
names made quick. burning not only the main
bIlding, but all the material that had In kindness
been removed therefrom
The Washington Mills are in great jeopardy
tae wind blowing directly towards them. The
feed.
LAWRENCE. a. m.-The fremen are using
almos, snperhuman exertions. and the Washing
ton Miils are considered out of danger but the
prospect 81 the Duck Mill Is not 81 good
Everything is being done that human exertion
is capable OF. Firemen present from all tie
nelghboring towEs. and about fifty physicians are
In attendance. The combustible portion Of q e
ruins having been completely consumed. IL will
De many days before a true kEowledge Of the
killed and wounded can be arrived at
The IRE caught, without doubt, from a lantern
81 burning fluid which was accidently dropred
One fireman fell dead in the street. The streets
are hlled with a mass Of human beings, .v, ~ one
eager to see ard hear OF their friends Before the
hre broke out these Were alternating between hope
ana fear, but they are now settling down into
hopeless despair.
there was no prospect of his extraction, cut his
own throat. nut he was subsequently got out and
lived some time after his removal 10 Tue hall
One woman in the portion Of the mill which
remained standing after the main walls fell was
so ghtened that she threw her bonnet and shawl
from the NTH story window, and then Jumped
to the ground. breaking her arm and iI.iuring
herself so that she cannot live
The laboring force of the Mill is as certained
to have been about 900 and about 7On are actually
missing. including those who have been extri-
Gated dead and alive
woman who has Just been resc ned saws there
e twenty-five more in her vicinity who have not
ct been rescued. At o'clock when the Ore broke
out, this additional horror struck dsmay 20 their
hearts, which before had been hopeful
The LATEST
The eNertions for saving more lives are still 90
ing on with unTeidXed efforts. Streams of water
from the force pumps aud engines kept pour
ing on the heated mass. Previous TO the fire and
subsequently the screams aud groans Of the VIC
TINS were terrifying, but no earthly power could
| relieve them.