New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-13
THE LAWRENCE CALAMITY.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
rrsr,MoNY TAKEN BY THE CORONER.


have been taken from the ruins since yesterday though
il IL posi,ivey known that there still more beneath
the nile of rubbish All the bodies recovered, with the
exce,tiop of four or FIVE have been recognized and
taken away by frends The funerals Of some of them
will take place to-day. Those bodies which are still
remaining ut the City Hall, will be kept as long as pos
sible for Identification The greatest attention 10 paid
10 the wounded, and number Of physicians and
nurses from neghborDg cities have arrived to relieve
those who have been on duty since the falling OF the
building The ladies ofthis city are uDceasing in their
attentions TO the wounded and whenever assistance -
needed come one Of them ia to be found Efforts were
made TO throw down the remainder Of the wall, which
il IN standing and which threatens to fall at any
ment.
Great numbers of tie operatives who were in tho
mill al the time of the accident fed the first alarm
and 20 escape unbarmed their safety not being known
until the city was canvassed which accounts for the
& erence between the number first reported among
the sufferers snd the actual number. The crowd OF
yi,irors swarmpg into the city from every direction
was mmense yesterday, aud increased rapidly during
the afternoon At little past noon within the space
of an hour five trains arrived from Boston inter-
mediate stationt One of them consisted Of seventeen
cars and was loaded down beyond all precedent Other
tons beyond Lawrence Oh the Boston and Maioe Rail
road were constantly arriving, and were generally
late from being overloaded. Never was such crowd
assembled in the City of Lawrence. The sidewalks
ever, here were constantly tbronged with those v
ing OF returning from the of the casually and
tie principal avenues were inconyeniently crowded.
The number of people from other places visiting the
ruins cannot have been less than thirty thousand. II
.bot, dnink non rata ora
mixed in the crowd, and s,me of them have al
ready been at work upon the pockets Of spec.
tatorp. Quite number of policemen from other
ctie., have rendered valuable service in watch
ing these customers. Among the visitors were some
turbulent characters, with less susceptibility than
brutes, who were unaffected by the scenes in which
the dead and mutlsed of their species were COZ
spicuous Thee professional rowdies came TO crafty
their morbid curiosity, and then to have time
A large majority Of the operatives employed in the
mill were foreigners, principally Scotch and Irish.
Most Of the American girls engaged were employed in
tbe dressing room, and but few Of them killed.
The bsr-breadth escapes, and remarkable preserva-
tions of those rescued continues the general theme of
conversation and the preservation Of many were in
deed miraculous.
A large amount of money has been received already
from various charitable associations and private ind
vdnas for the benefit of the sufferers More worthy
objects Of charity could not be found than these poor
workmen and women, who are by this catastrophe
deprived OF the means of earning living, 10 say
nothing Of their losing their friends and relatives
suffering from bodily injuries of every description.
Below will be found portion of the evidence taken
by the Coroner:
CORONERs INQUEST.
The inquest the bodies of those killed by this
fearful eatastro pbe, commenced this morning in the
CITY Hail. DIR. William ID. Lamb is the Coroner and
TIE Jury IL composed of the following gentlemen:
w. II. p Wright, Foreman; j. III. Dana, Edward
Page, Leonard Stoddard, Leonard +. Creesey, S. z.
Simmons
Caleb Saunders was chosen for Clerk Of the INQUEST
The following witnesses were called and sworn:
James l.. FoPg Morris Knowles, jesse Glover, John
Il. Chase John Tute, Charles Tutte, Isaac Fletcher,
Is. b. Gordon, Thomas Deliver, Benjamin Coolidge,
Benjamin Hodgman, K. b. Herrick, John Tattersall,
The inquest then proceeded and the following is the
evidence given:
y. y. cLAREEs TESTIMONY.
+. l.. Clarke was paymasttr on the corporation,
and was in the building on the day of the gccident
was in the general Office, and started TO 60 into the
pay masters office, when was summed by sensation
Ike an earthquake the door from the main mill, the
carding room, was broken out by the hands there;
went out, and when got out and stood on the rail-
road track the end wall of the mill fell down. it
about A O'Clock; saw steam escaping from the
building connected with the main building at the south
west corner. The names of the dead we're then read
TO the witness, and large portion of them he recog
niztd persons in the employ of the corporation,
while the others he didn't recolectl
Ibave not list of all those employed; there
in the couDtiDgsr0om but it was destroyed by fire;
after the accident was engaged in the of the
building, relieving those from within until Just before
the fire got underway after going away for a short
tine returned and found that u was too late to save
the list; had locked up the saic Frank Robinson |
told me that he was near by when the fire commenced
in the safe there is perfect list eff the hands
plOyed; it was left out of the safe, the clerk
using il at the time; the pay roll TO be produced is
made up TO the last Saturday in September; there is
means of knowing how much is due to each of the |
hands, excepting that duebills were given TO all the
Saturday i'll December; never knew OF any settling of
the mill before; thought ad not noticed that there
was not 30 much shaking while in operation in |
other Dllls.
HENRY L. sEwH,LLs TESTIMONY.
Henry l.. Newhall-I was in the employ of the |
Pemberton Manufacturing Company as Clerk; was |
there the afternoon of the 10th inst, al my desk
first heard was slight crash, which didn't notice
much then sound as of wind and then the building
falling 10 pieces; went TO the outside window and
jumped ont; before reached the ground the building
was in rnins there were no more than two or three |
seconds between the FIRST and second noise; lust had
time to warn Mr. Clarke, and we rushed OUT got |
out the north side of the building. Witness recog.
nized some OF the having been in the employ
Of the Company.
Never beard any body say the building was danger
Qua before; never felt in any danger myself; should
Judge that the south end fell irt should say that
no than four out of the room on the level
of the olce the secondhand came out Just ahead of
me. and went down; there were somewhere bet een
geo and $50 operatives in the employ Of the corpora
tom should think there about 700 in that which
fell can form no idea Of how many out with
oot asssianeei saw ope woman jump from the upper
iCry TO the grounds don't look toward the mill when
heard the crash; took my hsJ and left.