Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1860-01-20
The Lawrence Calamity.

LAWRENCE, MASS, JauudI Co
timony of James Patterson, who was
badly burned in the ruins.-I was en-
ployed in the weaving room had been
there but short time my place was on
the ground floor, at the south end was
talking, when the accident occurred, with
Mr. Adams, near a column on the west
erly side; / threw up my head little to
the north end of the mill | said,
" WHAT'S that p and that was all; |
jumped for the door; got my hand on
the latch could get no further; the
timbers came rushing down; when they
ceased l was down fat; between the
time my attention was called, and all was
down. perhaps a minute elapsed; per-
ceived, when first looked up, that some
thing was cracking in the centre between
the columns there was no giving way
from beneath my idea was that some
thing was falling through the ceiling,
and | tried to get away from it there
were two girls leaving their looms direct
ly under me they sat down, and were
saved by the iron work; [ have since
seen them ran to the easterly side Of
the door; it was ten feet from me all
this was as quick as thought; Mr.. Ad-
ans was covered in the ruins about four
feet from me the instant I saw the
breach in the ceiling | sprang; the whole
ceiling fell just as got my hand on the
latch whether | raised the latch or not
| could not tell the room overhead was
Mr.. Winsiow's; two lines Or pillars ran
the length Of the building in every story,
and it was midway between these lines,
not far from the south end, that the
breaking came through the ceiling; |
was not stunned or hurt l found myself
PROSTATE on my face; could not reach
the wall; the bricks in the wall must
have fallen in and not out; the rubbish
was caught against the walls over me.
PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYoR--A DAY OF
FASTING AND PRAYER APPOINTED.
LAWRENCE, JAN. EVENING. The
body of i. Il. Branch was recovered to-
day from the ruins Of the Pemberton
Mill. The four other bodies previously
recovered have been identified as those
of Margaret Goldman, Catharine Harri-
gan, Ellen A. Hern, and Jane Thomas.
Services appropriate to the melancholy
event were held to-day in all the chur-
ches
The work on the ruins has been sus-
pended tonight.
The Mayor has issued the following
proclamation I'm view of the great
calamity which has fallen upon our city
like thunderbolt from a cloudless sky
crushing it with weight of misery
which no earthly power can raise
shrouding it with a cloud of anguish
which no human hand can dispel-bind-
ing it in the chains of woe which de-
spair cannot break--I recommend and
earnestly beseech that on Tuesday next,
all the residents of Lawrence abstain
from their avocations and labors; that
they set apart that day as one Of prayer
that they then meet in their respective
places of worship to join in those relig
ious ceremonies which the occasion de-
mands, and there publicly ask of God
that lie would temper our affections
with mercy; that be would restore to
health and strength those now languish-
ing in pain and suffering; that He would
comfort and support those bereft of hus
band and wife, parents and children;
that He would so order this signal de-
struction Of property and life as that
good may come out of our great evil,
and that our experience may teach wis
dom throughout The land.
sd. SAUNDERS, Jr., Mayor"
The Duck Mills, located near the ru-
ius of the Pemberton Mill, have stopped
working, the operatives refusing to con-
tinue at labor until the building is tho
roughly examined as to its safety.
BosToN, Jan. 15.-The Lawrence
tragedy was alluded to in many of the
churches to-day
The Printers Union subscribed one
hundred dollars last evening for the re-
lief of the sufferers.
WORCESTER, Jan. ia large meet
ing was held last evening, at which Mayor
Rice presided Several speeches in re-
lation to the Lawrence calamity were
made, and a committee was appointed TO
receive subscriptions.
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