The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-14

ried in March last. Her husband is a shoemaker, aus
works at North Salem Her body was nearly consumed
The body taken out at ten O'Clock last night has been
Identified IS that Of Mrs. Margaret Turner.
CONTINUATION OF THE CoRoNER's IN.
QUEST.
TESTIMONY or STEPHEN WALLACE.
am = mason, and worked upon the brickwork Of the
Pemberton Mill all the time that IL was in construction:
never examined the foundation particularly there
water runn ne through the foundation constantly, it
brought out white sand such call qucksand; IL
was talked about among the workmen; thought tho
foundation might be undermined by the water; If the
foundation has settled the stones will be found displaced;
the walls were what call twenty inch wall, or
TIVE walls Of eight inches each and a space
between OF four inches tied together various places
the corners were made solid at each corner, two
feet each way; think the building was well tied but the
walls were too thin; worked largo mill so thin
the 'mbers for the upper stories the same length
as in the lower ories they found too short for
the upper stories, because the pasters had been dis
pensed with above the second story there was small
ciaes in the chimney before finished the mill the
chimney was on the west OF the nl; there was also
crack ID the large arch at the entrance of the counting
room the arch remains now: the nortar used was
good; the bricks were hard but rough. tho walls
WOULD have been stronger hal the piiasters been
CARED up to the upper stories did not con slider the
walls ST. org enough for such building, expressed
mat opinion To several persous positive that
TOTO Ny Coohdge so; the piiasters had been carrieh
through the third, fourth and ith stories should st
bave COZ sGered the walls weak the Merrimae mil
at Lowell, is huiit with vsued walls these walls are
tweny ght inches IN the Tvs, layer the inner sides
are pss'eTed over and washed with cement and tbnk
tbe ntefs go through the space the outer wall with
~ four inches Of The outside aud fastened with iroos
turned up; the open space IN the Pebcrton mill was left
rough.
TESTIMONY OF MORRIS KNOWLES.
an a carpenter: worked on the Peuhcrton mill did
the work partially By written contract: before the con.
tract was made saw specification for the mill: thick
was for five story BUILDING the ,mbers were laid ten
inches on the plaster and wall in the third story the tim.
bers laid on The wall -four six inches; t,nt think the
projections built under the tmbers added much strength
the fourth and fifth stories had ,mbers cut longer have
worked on twenty thirty mills never worked on one
20 wide as this its great width would render the walls
stronger than a narrow one; don't know whether |
have worked on mills with walls as thick as these;
never Kb'w plasters to be built TO support mbers;
they are generally made of to strengthen
the wall; thought at the time tina. the snoring
of the floor insufficient the pillars had
too smal each timber in three pieces support,
ed ubGer the joints by pillars the PIERS under the rst
floor @ere brick built upon large stones they were first
made sixteen Iches square, and after the tmbers were
put on at my suggestion they enlarged twenty
four inches; think never mill go ach cut up with
windows; this would weaken the walls: never noticed
any jar IN the MILL noticed the cracks between the chin
hey and wall, about hair way from top of the build
ing there was crack each side; don't think they weak
ened the building materially; before the MACH.
merry was put in, the tmbers sprang, and
was employed to put trusses under them
think the building might bave been more secure II the
anchor irons ut the ends Of the mbers passed through
the outside walls, secured with washers; | put some
sbea,hng on tho eastery side of the chimney the
crack the crack was through the outer WALL did not con
slider dangerous defect covered up crack on the in
side Of the spinning room on the third story the
Chimney; the width OF the brick between each window
about six feet some four or five years ago was
called TO examine of the pillars which had broken Off
from The 1apge OF tho pntle which on some of
the pillars examined yesterday of irregular thick
ness and some bad large blow holes the agent was about
INC mn onIirg us constructions can't give decided OPT
mon as to the cause of the fall until thorough exa
mnafoD has been made think from present appearances
that the pillars gave way first
TESTIMONY OF BENJAMIN COOLIDGE.
was assistant engineer of the Essex Company undcr
Captain Bgeow ut the time the Pemberton mill was built
the place pasture in 1852 we laid the first stone
on the Slst of January 1858; the soil dense heavy
solid, sandy loan; II remarkably solid and heavy;
underlying that was what gcoogists call the boulder
formation; this extended down three or four feet here
generally stones from 500 pounds in weight the
size OF the human head and down 10 gravel
fine sand (spoken Of qucksand but not Ia reality
quieksaud) in that formation; this sand sied in and
made what I call rock pan below perfectly solii:
underneath that hes what is called in Lawrence pudding
sometimes Is go solid that breaks in large Jumps
when dry; when wet, as the Pembericn, little mud
leaks ont OF it, unoer that peculiar quicksand was
iull Of water and very fine indeed; it acts almost
ins anty when allowed to rest it is useless TO
touched
this in the excavation for the wheel bnid,nr'
which not the main building there veins Of coarse
sard in the fine sand under the puddng they seemed
be deposits there little or no water coming through
the fne sand until the rocks next TO the
carai the rock pan full Of water, running clear
crystal; the pudding formation when excavation
made in It, gave out little water, which kept work
ing until little mud made in the bottom the qnck
sand full of water have been in the employ OF the
company since lS46for ten years under Capt Bgelow
since then under c. L. Storrow the boulder forma.
ton is eight feet below the surface at the canal and
pt<sro foat hal
.xcovated for the Pemberton mill eight to ten
feet the end next to the canal the foundation was
The rock pack the east side laid IN three
foundations boulder, fine sand and pudding roupda-
tns; the north end from ten to twelve feet deep
until where the chimney was to be LAID
uhen stepped OF to the boulder for NATION on which
the chimney was built; this the solid founda.
ton but we went lower on the rest the west side
built The pudding foundation the privy near
the centre where the excavation stepped up TO prevent
the acton OF the water on the sanc cement dam was
mace, cutting the water of from it; the average
thickness of The foundation from six TO nine feet
there never foundation wall laid in Lawrence equal
TO IN soioy and strength; it made with long
enough to 20 away across the full width; think tho
four cation WI be found solid now the part the
piers rested on the rock path in the south part
deep holes dug and laid on solid stones the
piers were aid with bard brick and carefully tested
cement there were better rocks under this than under
the Duck MIL, where 1t was laid almost wholly on the
sarc formation, The rest being the drift pudding
ioi nation; the settling Of any part OF foundation
would almost certainly be indicated By the breaking of
window sill or cap; never broken here, but
have very noistDct recollection Of bearing some ono
say there was broken once recolec the trouble
With the pen stock which was built under the supern.
iend,nce Of Mr. Bgelow; do not know that anything
disturbed there after that
Recess ill 2 p NJ
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The inquest reconno nced at two O'clock when the
smibaon Of Ir. Benjamin Coolidge, civil engineer was
resumed.
Queston-Was the original plan Of the building m any
way altereoS Answer-I can't ten; ii Of
the chief engineer 10 consult With bus eubcronacs
sard TO bis Plans the paps be found with sex
Company the pars frat in my bands we're for five
RES; don't know whether the had a working plan;
the carpenter resorted to the Office from time TO time
'otk such notes ms he warted think was intended in
he original plan that the pastrs shoud be carried up
three s'ores; DO not know why the plan altered my
1uy was simply to out the given by Capt
BlRelow consider the projections which the tmbers
rested IN The atOricg the