The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-01-21

ranged for those rescued. Many stand by
the yssesk frigid With dssneigsa bxsxeH sd
sRGe8Ds
J. 20 p 4sAt abont len gIaaallies .sfser
I've O'Clock THE afternoons our gclezeIls
were warned b .the cryeof FIRE. nhiciaaP
ceedeh from DIE Penberton mills, about
four-fiftiis Of which had fallen into shape
less mass without the slightestawarning TO
the nearly eight hundred fhuman beings
then at work The building was never con-
sidered to be as staunch as it ought to be-
It was. built seven years ago :tahd. before
the machinery, was arranged the walls
spread to such an extent that some twenty
two tons of iron slats Vere put in, to save
it from falling by its own weight. The
building fell inward.
Tie IRE depasfmenla t o9es repaired 20.
the SPOT. but there being no FIRE, they Sat
once set to work, with win, to remove the
rubbish They very soon reached some
Isrooms, SO that Che dead and wounded were
taken out as fast as they could be reached.
Mr.. Chas Bachelor helped remove %, in
various conditions some still living. Mr.:
Branch, overseer, has not been found =
The CITY Hail has been converted into q
Temporary hospital for the dead and wound
ed, until recognized. - - .SrT &5sasf ~
The laboring force efathe mill is about
mine hundred, aud, sixty and il is supposed
that about seven hundred human beings
/ were actuslly buriedsp the ruins sso Has
zASswomau,4 .jussarkscued, says theretare
some twenty FIVE more 10 the vicinity Of her
still aGye.:.ses11 .essg S;dT zoes5 ysrz efs.i5
About balf-past nine, fire was discovered.
This added horror TO the hearts that had
before been hepsful Of saying mere lives
Still the work of removal went on. The
force pumps and engines on the ground
were once more put to work, and have been
pouring torrents, so that at 1880 the fire
does not seem to gain, and hopes are enter
.ftained that it will be stayed
! The mayor has telegraphed fof the Lowell
fremens whewA arrive Aabout one o'clock
THIRD D4apATcH.
MIpEIdHr Through the alnnoaa super
human efforts OF the hseHiaRs the Washing
ton Mills are now considered out of danger
4 OF the Duck Mill, the prospect is not 81
gooSS Everything that can be done is be
ing done. Fire Companies are present from
all the neigboring towns. Between forty
and fifty physicians are in attendance at tn,
City Hall1a9d + se ah places WhsEsEen Oh
injured neeu lnelr services.
The ruins having burned tups it will b.
many, days before a true knowledge oil. tn
number of the Killed and wounded can b.
arrived at. 40
! The firef which snallys sacrificed the bn
riedA human victims, caught, without doubt
from a. lantern Of burning fluid which wa
accidentally dropped ~ H8a 1iessf 55is r
One fireman has, dropped down dead il
Ths Sf1sets are flf4dviaf ] mass 81 III
man beings every ohs eager to do, aud see
and hear. Friends Who .beforeothea fire
were alternating between hope and fear, ar
now settling down into. hopeless Despair
In ten minutes after the first alarm, th
whole tnaSsbf Artins jbadsbeeoms one shee
of, fames.g The scream ,sandTunoaningsz o
the poor buried creatures can be distinctly
heard, but no power can save them. $50
- F.M ~ FOURTH D1srAgcH. q gSTT,
f 9, 4. a.4The Pemberton Mills are no,
black, smoking mass Of brick, mortar an
, humanity ,pFomis cuous amiagledye.
The Washington Mill was in great jeop
ardss the wind blowing towards the Due
i Mill, whose counting rooms touch the Penn
berton, but it was saved. -. ,,s..
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