The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-12
THE LAWRENCE DISASTER.
Further Particulars.
7 Continuation Of report from J'Tss pags.l

l A portion Of the operatives had left for sup
per previous 10 the falling OF the building
about 800 remaining. The building was Ave
stories high, $50 feet long by 70 feet wide,
with q wing on the west side As feet square,
I'll aped like the letter l.. Itrsn 2,70O spindlsssf
Nine hundred and sixty operatives were en-
ployed. f,o 'a' . q
The following Is & list of the killed ~ far q
can be recognized this morning. Maurics Bull
wer, Of Rochester, N T., John Durbom, Of
Lowell; Mary Mcdonald, Bridget Ryan, Mary
Sullivan, Michael o'Brien, Ellen Colburn,
Barnard Collsfsld, Hannah Shaw, Ellen
Roam, Ellen Sullivan, Margaret Fuller,
Bridget Laugherdy, Jeremiah Ahsrn, Mrs.
Anna Muldrux, Joanna Cronnsn, Bridget
Loughery, Mary Howard, Lafayette Branch,
(ovsrseer,) Thomas W. Watson and johanna
Hurley, all Of Lawrence. .Lat. .,.r8t
Whom the Are spread over the ruins they
found escape hopeless, and bid adieuo TO
friends, and in several oases gave directions .. ..
to the disposition Of their effects. In one part
Of tho building hole was battered through
wall, and through it could be seen three young
women who said they were not at ali injured.
One thrust her arm through the small hole
and begged to bs drawn through II, but before
tho apsrature could be made large enough the
flames drove the men away, and the prisoners
persisted. -....
A jury was summoned, who, after reviewing
the dead, adjourned till tomorrow. ul9pl'
The insurance on tho pills was $4lS,osO,
said to be against fire only. I...a...j
Among the wounded arc Eliza Dow, fatally
Bridget Bradley, fatally Kate Haegbse, 3
German, thigh fraetursdj Geo. Carcalferj Henry
Coli and Margaret Hamilton, both fatallyj D.
P, Harron, Ceeelis Stevens, Mary and Msrgae
ret slaven, Mary Kennedy, Hannah Hennes-
ssy, Ellen Mahony, Mary York, Robt. Hays,
Ira D. Lock, Mary A. Coleman, Sarah Doyle,
John and Elizabeth Ward and Thos. Conner.
Among the physicians present Is pr. Isasc
Farrar, Of Brooklyn. ! ptld d ls1 .0f,.
Three persons are known to have been lit
orally roasted alive. Eliza Dow has since
died and others are dying. The fire is sub
dued. Only two bodies have been taken out
since the confagration. The building was
uninsured. Coroner Lamb commences an
inquest to-day.
O'CLOCK P. M, 11th.-we have but very
little additional in regard to the dreadful
catastrophe. A large number of the killed
were young girls, many of them being the
main support Of their parents. .......-..
Tho fire was confined to the ruins of the
Pemberton Mills. The loss of property is esti-
mated az S0VUjUUU .ff...f . ....f ... .
The Mayor has issued the following no
| tice:
"LAwREscE, January 1l.-Tsrrible as our
| calamity has been, think it is much over
| estimated in the number killed. As near as
| have been able to ascertain this morning,
find the dead and missing, which 10 equiva-
lent to dead, lis, and 1850 wounded. Some Of
the wounded will die, and very much the
i L. ack L., ,v,,sh
(signed) N. SAUNDERS, Mayor"
BosroS, January 1.-THE Lawrence catas-
trophe casts gloom over the city. Hon.
David Sears presided at q meeting of twenty
gentlemen to-day, who subscribed $4,000 for
the relief of the sufferers, and appointed a
committee to solicit further contributions.
The trains to Lawrence are crowded. A
strong force Of reporters is on the ground, and
accounts received are voluminous, but really
afford but little that is new. John Ward, op-
orator in the carding g-room of the second story,
who was miraculously saved with his wife,
describes his escape as follows: .,ai,,.y,. b..
h 81 was in the carding-room, with the second
oyerseer, lighting up. 1t was five or ten min
utes before five and we had but q few burners
lighted. Suddenly we heard n loud thunder
ing crash overhead, and looking up saw the
shafting coming down all over the room; ter
ri6ed, stood fastened to the spot, although
knew the building was coming on me; then
heard the overseer shout. tried to jump out
of the rubbish, but something struck me
senseless; when came to I found myself in
the rubbish, covered with blood from wounds
on my face. Finally crawled up and got 10
the top and found q lot Of ruins hanging over
me, which liked to have taken my life, but
II Ial IN ~o,,k I uad daoa Usr1