Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-01-20
TIE LAwRENcE cATAsrRoPHE
Day OF Humiliation and Prayer More 30
dies Recognised Sad Incidents-heiei
Fund-Coroner's Inquest etc.

/ acClIeIll:
! TWO FINGERS RECOVERED.
| II will be remembered that IN our account oil
| the incidents we detailed the story Of Mrs. Bet
| ssy Kelley who was held fast To the ruins by two
fingers Of her night hand while all the rest of her
| body wa. free The fumes approached 81 rapidly
that she could no; be reeHed. 50 with one mad
dened and desperate efIor4 extrcatcd herself as
the flames were upsn her. She was saved aud Is
now doing we'll but her two fingers were left be-
hni in the burning ruin, Yesterday afternoon
AS the morkmen were engaged in separating two
heavy timbcrs which were joined t'gether. they
noticed a small piece oil matter tall outa- the beams
came apart, and the piece being picked up. prov.
Ell To be the two fingers which were torn from the
hand Of Mrs. Kelly. Their appear anco was most
horrible. They were blarkenei with smoke and
dirt, but nre very little burnt. Even the finger
mails are still perfect. One perhaps judge of
the agony slc endured in rir'ctng her escape when
we say that with the fingers came out the chords
Of her hand extending To Il length even above The
wrist. These chords are now attached to the I'm
ger, and are not burned ut all
BODIES RECOVERED.
Some Of tho scenes at City Hall on Monday
were agonizng in the extreme. One oil the b dies
deposited in the dead room had the head and arms
nearly burnt off, while the trunk was, cod para
lively uniniured, with tie exception Of lower
tremites. II was recognized by widow mined
Burke, IA that of her daughter Mary. aged L.
The agony of the poor mother was such as to draw
tears from all behodefs, and she left the City Hall
wrnging her hands ane exhibiting every marx Of
aguniAsi atiiciun.
The small fragments Of body found on Satur.
day hayc been identified hy the dress that Of
IorInda ellison. IL years Of age. who worked in
the spinning. room Tho fragments found Sunday
are thosr of Ellen Conner.
Ia another case n benalling mother recognised
| Llaekeued mass of flesh and bone by portion
! If tie dress about it, her daughter, Erls
! ,,ll al Her Una almost
! frantic.
SHOCKING SPECTACLE.
! on Monday, while mt work among the ruins,
| the laboer- found the top part of II female head,
| with the hair all perfect, AMI even glossy aud
upon IT aud all sht silk netting. No 9th
or part of body found near. and it is
vel how his slight fra smeut could be perfectly
| preserved. aud no other rnrt of either body or
| dress bul what scattered in ashes IL is
! thou ut that in the fall The top Of this poor cren
/ lures head may have been chopped oil 10y some
heavy substance, AMI falling some distance away
| ig m the MAN portion 81 her body, been lrescrv
| Cd Whie ul else persisted.
MISS MARGARET TURNER.
Miss Margaret Turner reported among the
missing at Lawrence, belonging to Rockrort Mas
sacl1usctt-. She the eldest daughter of Leon
ard Turner, who was OF holi the irigato tonst-
! tuition during the Inst war with England About
! two wears ago Miss Turner married II man named
! Sargent captain ii i.bng vessel ont Of Glou-
! ccstcr. aud or the day Of their welding he sailed
for GrlrSc's Banks, and the vessel was lost with
! all IN board. the same day in January us TINT
Of he falling ot the mill Miss Turner after the
/ loss f her husband. assumed her maiden name
! aud SOUGHT situation IN the Pembertun mill
| She was alive underneath the ruins hy one
oil the operatives, and they spoke together before
the fire brokr uat
RELIEF FOR InI stFrERERs.
Contributions for the rcIlef Of the sufferers con-
tinuc Ia be made. 1t Is estimated by Mayor Sam
lsra Il At the necessary outlay for the sufferers
will be nearly - 600 per week The mayor, in a
Liter addressed To the eItl,us Of New York, says:
Three Thousand mouths would now he crying
Tor bread, were it not iur lhe generous aid Of the
public, Widows and orphans, and parents made
chllllrss by this terrible calamity thrown up
| on the mercies Of the world. What we shall do.
or how We shall eventually get through. God only
! knows. The evil is not for day, but Tor gene
| ration. Little children, wiz IN some instances,
| have not only lost father and mother but elder
| lrohrrs and sisters, are tn he brought up, fed,
clothed and educated Scores Of adults are MAIN
cd and crippled for lilc-inany will linger along
for hide Will, and then die. Each and all must
| he provided for and male comfortable. The knovl-
edge that warm hearts are everywhere sympathiz-
ing with us, helps to lit up the cloud that is shut
ting Us up in the darkness almost Of despair.
now THE EIINs look FIRE.
john Crawford testified before the Coroner, ON
| Monday, as follows:
know how the fire took it was between nine
and ten o'clock | was there helping 10 assist: my
daughter was in the ruins, and was looking for
| her. ! got part way into the weaving room and
was stepped by the ruins, when a Young man .o,ne
up and asked me to held a lanterns; ncll it for
about n minutes, when somebody aNked for 1t;
| took IT a"i wcUt down: he came back and said
! there WAS n deep hole there which went down to
the carl room; he went down again and said
/ "For Gods cake he careful If the lantcrn:'' he
! went down further and | sail. For Gods sake
don't 70 there with that Light, he went however
and IN going down, struck the lantern ON some
timber ON the right baud ~ie when he struck the
lantern 1t broke and Immediately fell; shouted
lire, and stopped down to rnil him out; he was
| on fire himself and III" fire was spreading like
| gunpowder; ran Tor orr machine. and we got it
uut and went to work: tie Ere took near the centre
! ct the building: near the duck factory the
Iantein was common sgnare one with metallic
top. bottom and corners, ia which four squares Of
glass were set; II was not projected by the usual
| guard around that styr # lanterns; il il carried
| by very large fiat hail, 10 hang considerably
! upon the arm: SNAIL square lamp of metal, with
u singl" burner supplied w;ih burning fluid, rest
| ri upon the bottom oI the lantern, and gave die
| light.
THE coRoNrR's INQUEST
On Monday two witnesses testified yr,y STRONGLY
I to The unsafe coVlltlDn e thu building
John Crawford testified t. the fact that there
| had been large crack IN enc of those walls ever
since the building was erected. Tins crack ram
| up the whole end of the builiinr aisn ia ,,,
setting ct the third story OF the building AMI to
the various expciiens wh,h were reso ted To FIR
| StrenghIng it--gcnerallv done on SUNDAYS lie
Considered the building unsafe. especially when
| the mill was in motion.
Benjamin Harding, carpenter. employed by
/ Tie 1n'"pany, testified t. the fact of the raitcTs
ed III the building having bccu critically cut
| tlo snort, so That of al -