The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20

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The day Of huznilistien and prayer - Law.
rence, Mass., II accofdanes with ~ 2Ayes's
proclsmation, was IN oecaston Of dssp solem.4
nifty. Services were held In ths chuScheA aed
business generally wss suspended. From
our Boston exchanges We gslAsr soDs farthsr
particulars Of tho horrible massacis u wntts
slaves In the Psmherton Mills
TWO yrsonns nHoovnR1D.
It will b remembered that In our aecoont
Of the incidents, We dssailed the story Of Ars.
Betsey Kelley, Who was held fast TO the ruins
BY two fingers Of her right hand, while MI the
rest Of her body was free. The flames ap.
preached 20 rapidly that she could not - No
leased. She with one maddening and desperete
effort, extricated herself ~ the damss were
upon her. She was saved aud 10 now doing
well, but her two Angerp were left behind ia
the burning ruin. Yesterday aftefnoon - the
werkmen were engaged in sepaceunG two
heavy timbers which wsre Joined together. they
noticed small piece Of matter fall ont a. the
beams came apart and the piece being picked
up, proved to Be tho two fingers which were
torn from the hand of<Mrs. Kelley. Their ap-
ened with smoke and dirt, but very little
burnt. Even the finger nails are still perfect.
One can perhaps judge Of the agony she en-
dured in eilecting her escape. when vapay that
hand, extending % : Isngt6 $3.50 Iove the
wrist These cords arc now attached to ths
fingers and are not burned At all.
BODIES REcOvRRED.
Some Of the scenes at City Hall ON Monday
were agonizing In the extreme. One Of the
bodies deposited in the dead room had the
head and arms nearly burnt on, while the
trunk was, comparatively. untnjured, with
the exception OF lower erextremities. 1t was re-
cognized by widow, named Burke, rs that Of
her daughter Mary, aged II. The agony Of
the poor mother was such a. to draw tears
from all beholders. and she left the City Hall
wringing her hands and exhibiting every
mark OF ogOniZed affection.
The small fragments of body found on
Saturday have been identified by the dress NJ
that of Lorinda Gibson, l3 years OF age, who
worked in the spinning The fragments
found Sunday are those Of Ellen Conner
In another case a bewailing mother recog-
nized q blackened mass of flesh and bones by
portion of the dress about it, as her daughter,
Bridget Gallan, 13 years old. Her sorrow was
almost frantic
SHOCKING SPECTACLE.
On Monday, while at work among the ruins,
the laborers found the top part of q female
and upon it and over all a light silk netting
No other part of a body was found near, and
it is marvel how this slight fragment could
be so perfectly preserved, and no other part of
either body or dress but what was scattered in
ashes. It is thought that in the fall the top OF
this poor creatures head may have been
chopped of by some heavy substance, and
falling some distance away from the main pOr
periShed.
MISS MARGARET TURNER.
Miss Margaret Turner, reported among the
missing at Lawrence, belonged to Rockport,
| Mass. She was the eldest daughter of Leonard
| Turner, who was on board the frigate Oonsti-
| tuition during the last war with England
About two years ago Miss Turner married a
| man named Sargent, captain of fishing ves-
sci out Of Gloucester, and on the day OF their
wedding he sailed for Georges Banks, and the
vessel was lost with all on board, on the same
| day in January as that of the falling of the
| mill. Miss Turner, after the loss Of her hus-
band, assumed her maiden name and sought q
| situation in the Penn bertOn mill. She was
| seen alive underneath the ruins by one Of the
| operatives, and they spoke together before the
| fire broke out.
| RELIEF FOR THE SUFFERERS.
Contributions for the relief Of the suf-
ferers continue to be made. 1t is estimated by
| Mayor Saunders that the necessary outlay for
the sufferers will be nearly $1,000 week. The
| Mayor, in a letter addressed 10 the citizens o1
New York, says:
"Three thousand mouths would now be cry.
ing for bread, were it not for the generous aid
Of the public. Widows and orphans, and pa.
rents made childless by this terrible calamity
are thrown upon the mercies Of the world
What we shall do. or how we shall even tually
get through, God only knows. The evil is NO
for day, but for generation. Little chill
dren, who in some instances have not only
lost father and mother, but elder brothers ant
sisters, have to be brought up, fed, clothed ant
| eOuCaI6U. SCORES VI duultB are mal0eO 20<
crippled for life-many will linger along for
little while. and then die. Each and all mus
be provided for and made comfortable. Th
knowledge that warm hearts are eyerywher
| sympathizing with us helps to lift the clOul
that is shutting us up in the darkness almos
| Of despair"
HOW THE RUINS TOOK FIRE.
John Crawford testified before the coroner
| On Monday, as follows:
l knew how the fire took; it was betwee
) nine and ten O'Clock; was there helping t
! assist my daughter was in the ruins, and
/, . was looking for her; got part way into tn
at the time of the fire was on the ruins, whe
n young man came up and asked me to hold
lantern; held 1t for about ten min utes, Whe
somebody asked for 1t, took land went dowl
! he came back and said there was q deep hol
, , there which went down to the card room; b
. . went down again and said, For Gods sal
: don't go there with that light; he went how
!, , ever, and in going down, struck the lantern Q
some timber on the right hand side; when b
struck the lantern it broke and immediatel
tell l shouted =" fire" and stopped down
fire was spreading like gunpowder; ran fc
our machine, and we got 1t out and went I
work; the fire took near the centre Of II
= building, near the duck factory; the ianter
bottom and corners, in which four squares
< glass were set; it was not protected by II
: usual guard around that style of lanter
. it is carried by a very large flat ball, 70 has
-
!, | lamp of metal, with a single burner. supple
q . with burning fluid, rested upon the bottom,
the lantern, and gave the light.
n THE CoRoNER's INQUEST.
On Monday two witnesses testified vel
o strongly to the unsafe condition Of thei bull
: ing.
'f John Crawford testified to the fact that the
u had been large crack in one OF the walls ev
J.. since the building was erected. This crack ri
!, up the whole eLd of the building; also, to 4
>. settling Of the third story Of the building, ~
l. to for streng the ming lt--generally done on Su
"a days. He considered the building unsafe, Z
- pecially when the mill was in motion.
Benjamin Harding. n carpenter, employ
by the company, testified to the fact Of the n
ers used in the building having been original
. three inches In the walls. He considered I
{, building altogether too weak fOr the weight
70 the machinery put into 1t. chad examiu
"a the ruins, but saw 30 signs Of the settling
the foundation.
10 wHxRE Is MRS. CHILD1
. The New York Express says: br
70 A frigh.ful Number Of poor women--you
., girls the most OF them-aro still lyi
u half dead and in most excructaung agonies
l. the City Hall, at Lawrence, Mass. These pt
women need kind nursing and gentle words
= smooth their passage 70 the tomb. Where, {
% where il Mrs. Lydia Maria Child Can ol
murderers, horse thieves and traitors stir
y sympathies Why 10 sho not at the bedsl
MI OF these ILL fated suiferers1 ls 1t because Il
| are Of her own sex or becAue0 il II their N
IN fortune to be white instead Of blacki
G!
an OUTRAGE AND SrNxAnY PUNISHMENT
The Matches papers bring accounts Of the
h. cent outrage, in that phase, upon the psrsos
a,r q child, the daughter Of respectable eitts
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