Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-01-15
Further Particulars OF the Lawrence Ca
IamiIv.

LAWRENCE, Mass Jan. 12.-Wm Barber testified
that the foundation insufficient; the stone was
good but shallow, especially at the south end, where
the ground is a quck-sand and spOngy soil Also,
he thought the walls too thin for so large build
ing
William Sullivan testified that he did the exeava-
ton fer the foundations, and consi tered it deep
enough and more solid than others
John Tuttle said he was one Of the firm that put
up the brick work He said the walls were too
water was running in the foundation Of the walls
for two mCntls Such things he considered dan
gerOus, and might undermine the walls Witness
explained that where the upper floor tmbers were
put in on projections thrown out OF the inner wall
the whole wall was solid and about eighteen inches
Thick the ,imbers we're too Shorthand rested mainly
on the brick projections Adjourned till tomorrow.
The Boston Il eTJtld2s correspondent, writing from
Lawrence, says that but one dead body was taken
from the ruins apparently about 25 years old but
so shOckingiy mUtIlated that even the eyes Of the
nearest relative could not possibly recognize any
familiar lineaments. Her face charred and
burned to the depth of about half an inch and the
back part of her head and all the way behind her
ears were also burned TO the bone; otherwise the
flames did not appear to reach her; her bosom and
the lower part Of her body are uninjured. She had
probably lain in place where her head alone was
exposed 10 the flames and had burned her hands in
attempting to protect it. Nothing remains standing
at the disaster except the immense chimneys,
the works The wood and timber work has pretty
much all been removed from the spot and nothing
now remains but crushed and mingled mass Of
bricks, mortar and broken machinery
The PembectOn Corporation has the ruins in
charge and have employed about fifty men in clear
ing away the rubbish. Their progress, however,
owing to the storm and difficulties OF the job was
but SLIGHT The volunteers who had worked there
with almost superhuman efforts for twenty-four
hours. were worn out with fatigue and il was inn
possible this morning to hire lab0rers to prosecute
the task of eXhuming those who yet lie buried in
the rubbish. The smoke Is still ascending from the
black heaps and a stream frOIa the ti.e engine from
Manchester was kept on the heated mass. Besides
the sums of money already mentioned as having
been forwarded. the Mayor Of Lawrence has re-
teivcd a number OF donations from various parties
many of whom did not send their names. Among
the presents was a box containing rs linen sheets
the Gift of the owners Of the steamer Memnon SAN
ford. \ kind lady from Charlestown also forward
ed a large lot of prepared bandages.
The cOrOners Jury re-assemb!ed at o'clock this
morning. fine testimony in the forenoon was main
~ in relation to the construction Of the building
but nothing new was ELECTED. Three more bodies
were taken from the ruins today. They were all
badly mutilated-two Of them badly that they
could not be recognized. The third was discovered
by fragmentOf clothing, to be that of Mrs Angus
ia Ann Ashworth she was Is years Of ag,., and
was married in March last. Her husband is O shJe-
maker, and works at North Salem. Her body was
nearly consumed. The body taken out last night
has been identified that of Mrs Margaret Turner.
Stephen Wallace mason, who worked on the mill.
confirmed the story about the water running
through the foundation OF the MILL and thought It
true that the foundation might have been under
mined By water; thought the wallis were TOO thin;
never worked on a large mill so thin the mortar
used was good the bricks we-e hard. but rough
Maurice Knowles. carpenter. who worked on the
PembertOn Mill. dad not know that he had ever
worked IN a mill with walls SO thick rs these he
thought at the time that the storing Of the iioors
was insufficient, and the caps on the pllastefs TOO
small thought he had never seen . nlll so much
cut up with windows this would Wea1en the walls
didn't think the crack by the chlmeny weakened the
building materially; could not give decided 0pin-
ion as to the cause Of the fall bu5 thought from pre-
sent appearances that tho pillars gave first
Beni Coolidge, assistant engineer Of the Essex
cornnanv at the time of the building Of the Pember
ton, mill testified that the soil remarkablg solid
land that the loan under that was the boulder
foundation extending three or four feet. composed
of stones from five hundred pounds weight down 10
the size OF mans head and also sand under this
lies what is called IN Lawrence. pudding, sometimes
so solid that it breaks out in humps when dry aud
when wet, as in the PembertJn mill. little mud
leaks out Of it; under that IS peculiar quick
sand useless to exeavae 1t as 5 comes M; we on
ly touched this in the excavation Tor the wheel
building which is not the main building. There
never was a foundation wa iaidin Lawrence equal
to that in solidity and strength Il was made with
stones long enough 10 20 away cross. | think the
viii be found solid now.