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THE LAWRENCE CALAMITY

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THE LAWRENCE CALAMITY.
CoRoNER'S INQUEsT-FoURTH DAY
LAWRENCE, January 16.-The inquest before
Coroner Lamb was resumed this morning at nine
o'clock.
Newell w. Dean, employed in carding-room,
second story, described the falling of the floor above
him; the part coming down was almost the whole
ceiling at the south end, and though, at the time
1T was clear across the southern end, did not at
that instant perceive that the floor which stood
or the walls were injured; the next instant saw
that everything was coming from above and hur-
ried out of the northern door, and through the
counting room; between the time of first hearing
noise and the time that was safely out of the door
might have been thirty-seconds probably twenty
people escaped at the same door, some of whom
were at work twenty or thirty feet from the door;
do not remember any moving of machinery in
second story for year and half; do not remem-
Der any necessity for adjusting altering gear
ing; feel certain that the machines were in their
usual operation at the moment / heard the first
crash; in the fourth story, machinery had been NOV
ed that day, but none in the third story and none
in my (second) story; did not know of any suspi-
clon OF weakness of pillars walls; never knew
OF an accident to any pillar in my room; have no
ticed that the floor between the two ranges of pill
lars was slightly settled in the middle, but not more
than have noticed in other mills: there was less
jarring there than in any other mills; the hy
frames in the second story were heavier than those
commonly used; have thought that if the mills
should catch fire the building would soon ia on ac
count OF the great space occupied BY windows;
when first glanced at the ceiling at the south end
it seemed to be crushed down in the CENTRE making
two oblique lines from the centre upward to each
side wall; the fall was not merely between the
two ranges of pillars, but included and covered
them onward to each wall, could see into the in
verted pyramid formed by the falling ceiling and !.
see the machinery which had been on the floor
above.
Mr.. Benjamin Coolidge was here recalled to iden-
tity and describe the original plan of the MILL and
the plans, as altered for the building He testified
as follows The floor clear and level through;
the top of the floor level; if a competent en-
gneer should examine with levels, he could ascer-
tain if the foundations were untouched; | think
that it will be found that the lower floor on both
sides of the south end are uninjured, and stand as
built; IT so, then, when cleared, an examination by
levels will establish the fact whether the foundation
had settled or not; an inch might be allowed for
shrlnkage by time and the fire. | have examined
the foundations, and have seen nothing to indicate
the settling of the foundations; the lumes of the
basement are standing uninjured; persons have
heen up under the first floor and along the base
ment; L think the cause of the accident was the
breaking of pillar near the southerly end.
Thomas 5. VIM, recaed-In moving the four
machines on the day Of the accident we did it by
inserting iron bars in all the holes in the floor and
hitching the tackling; hole for bar nearest the
southern end was 20 feet from it, and few feet
from the western WALL the mill, from its size and
weight, should not think as staple as some mills
have worked in; the first year / worked there the
chimney swayed and there were cracks along the
south and west wallis the southern wall was secured
by strong bars, and after that | had no fears; it
always seemed to me thatthe pillars and walls were
not strong enough for the weight of machinery:
the Deans were no larger than some | have seen of
seven and eight feet less in length have seen one
hollow pillar since the accident, which was an inch
thick one side, and but sixteenth of an inch on
the other; all the weight of the iron was there but
all on one side; the pindle here shown looks to me
a a nCrnn fhn had hal Al
hollow column down so that the head of the pipdle
was In the column; there a greater weight
on square foot on the first, second, and south
erly ends of the third floor than l have usu-
ally seen in mills; there were on and toward the
southern half of the third floor some 81 heavy
frames, weighing some seven and half tons each;
my feelings of insecurity were never such as to
cause me to think of change; | do not know
whether there was larger amount of snow on the
root or not; the jarrng of the walls in working
was less than usual on account of the looms being
so placed as to beat lenghwise; at the time of the
fall was eighty feet, or So from the south end
near tue west wall; the first sixty feet from the
south end was occupied in the centre and the west
aVislon by forty card frames, weighing 900 or
Loo pounds each; the next twenty or thirty feet
by eight tytrames weighing 8, 900 to 3, 500 pounds
each, total of between thirty and forty tons !
was beyond hv-frames near the west wall; four
OF the ty-frames behind me; the floor went
down behind me first, and l sprang forward to the
wall; whether the other portions of the floor went
at the same time cannot tell.
RELIEF FOR THE SUFFERERS.
Inc following telegram was received yesterday
by the Mayor:
LAWRENCE JAM l6. 1860.
Hon. Fernando Wood. Manor of Ne,p York citu.
SR:-John Ii. Watson, of the firm of Gibbs
Watson e. Gibbs, No. LOG Broadway, is authorized
to act for the City Government in receiving and
transmitting any donations for the relief of our
sufferers by the regent calamity.
DANIEL l.. SAUNpERS, Jr., Mayor.
LATER FROM HAVANA AND KEY WEST.
The steamship Isabel, Captain Rollins, from Ha-
vana January 10, and touching at Key West same
day, arrived at her wharfin Charleston Friday
morning. She detained off Charleston bar if
teen hours by the very heavy fog.
AT the time the Isabel sailed from Havana none
of the mail steamers for New York had arrived
and she brings the mails and Government dis
patches.
The Moses Taylor, from New Orleans for New
York, sailed from Havana January s.
The Daniel Webster, from Aspinwall, arrived at
Havana January 8, and remained there when the
Isabel lett.
The United States steamer Wvandotte arrived
at Havana from cruise, on the 7th instant. All
well.
The United States steamer Mohawk, and survey
ing steamers Walker and Corwin, were at Kew
West when the Isabel left.
The Isabel passed. on the 10th instant, going into
Key West the ship Samuel Laurence, bound in,
just off the reef.
From the Mncing's Key West correspondent, we
learn the value of the vessels and their cargoes
wrecked on the Florida Reefs during the last year
is 5000, 900. The salvage awarded amounts to
Slss, Ava 69; The salvage and expenses together
foot up, 1928 22l26. The auction sales of damaged
cargoes, etc, Melted the of S247, 573.27. For
fuller details, the reader interested in marine af-
fairs is referred to the table itself.
The Key West Key Of the Calf, of the 31st ult,
says:
The United States steamer Crusader Lieutenant
Commanding John N. Mafit arrived in our harbor
on the evening of the 9th inst, from Havana The
next day she took in coal and put to sea again.
Lieutenant Mafit has information to the effect that
Capt. Townsend of"Echo" and ''credit" memory
is about starting for the coast of Africa for cargo
OF slaves and that he was to have sailed yesterday
from Havana. The steamers Crusaders and Mo-
hawk are cruising off Cuba to intercept him. There
is on its wing"
We have Vera Crnz dates to the 3Oth, but moth
ing definite or new in Mexican affairs. Robes has
been ordered to commence the investment of Vera
Cruz, and it was supposed he was making arrange
ments therefor. General Miramon was preparing
to visit the Pacific coast after the 6tb, and General
OgaZon, with six thousand men, were encamped at
Atenquique to prevent him doing So
MATRIMONIAL DIsAPPoTMENT.-A wedding was
broken up in summary manner, near Vincennes a
few days ago. The party had assembled. supper
was ready, the bride was dressing, the minister
coming, and the groom anxiously waiting, when
the ladys brother arrived in hot haste with ilelli
gence that the bridegroom was not what he ought
to be, and peremptory command to him to leave.
which he did. The guests ate the supper. and en-
Joyed themselves as well as if the wedding had
gone on instead of the groom going off.
remarkable bereavement has befallen the
household of Mr.. Michael Fitzgerald of Fairfield,
Vt, consisting of father, mother and five children.
On Friday morning, as we learn, they were all
well, and ON the Sunday following, four of the
children died of scarlet fever On Tuesday follow
ing, the four were committed to one grave, and on
the return from the sad office, the parents found
the remaining child who had been left at home,
and sick with the same disease had also died. The
cup of affection could hardly be more trying to
parents hearts,
MARRIED
On The 10th inst by Rev r. L. Dashiel, ORSON ADAMS
city. ' 9a'' Oh Va 10
On the 22d DECEMBER, by Rev B. MclIanus, THOMAS A.
city. '' " " ms
DIED
year of his age " e 't'h
On the 10Th instant KATE s, relict of the late Isaac