New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-01-24
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GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY By THE NILS.


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A writer in the New York Times made ths faI.
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There is another mill ia Lawrence very LITTLE il
any, safer than the Pembert0n. A few rods east
Of where stood the Pemberton Mill stands the
Duck Mill, another horrible trap, two stories d
which should be abated OF once, ere We have soIae
more melancholy intelligence. This building may
have been good, solid structure when put up,
but the excessive weight it bears, and the con
slant swaying motion IL is subject to, are doing
their work eiectuaIiy and fast and its fall can be
but q question Of very little time This mill is
FIVE stories in height has mot 30 many nor so large
windows as had the Pemberton, and il more SUBJ
stantialy built One wonId snrr1ose that In an es-
Enlistment like this, where very heavy machinery
Ii used, sueh machinery would be placed as near
the base Of the building as possible. This II not
the case in the Duck Mil, however On the fourth
story Of this mill are no less than 56 looms eaeb
loom weighing at least $500 pounds or g8 tuns In
all Beside these are two heavier looms. of more
recent Introduction, weighing each 5000 pounds
Add to thss already outrageous burden the further
sae,gns "a aov poanus Y each 5oonn-neing me
we Raves Total weight an fhis fanrth aaar 81 th
Duck MIN of .oIie hundred And fourteen inns
OF course there e of,ar, rnacflinery above tiis
floor al vrelI a. beiasss ~, ss, 80.
readily beiieve that s,,cb ,v eS, ~ ~ ~,
dangerous even If II were eos,startlv 81 resf MI
You can hardly caneeiyre ffe efiisrf xve4 Az, ,t
Of each floor il in full ot,eration The tss;ls;ua
shakes and trembeg from III faunsIaf,on ansi
sways to and fro with an IRREGULAR,
ing motion, having Somewhat tie erect III "a.
sickness upon one not accustomed Il, ii.
Now for the result of this excessive weight ana
continuous swaying There il a crack in tie soush
wall of this mill extending from tite caves ID the
base, which opens and shuts as the mill rocks "a
and fro and into which Won may readily inaert
your fingers, exercising care at the same time
that you pull them out again ere the wall comes
crack with cement but without avail lit stiIl 10.
mains Furthermore At tle t.T N tlis hnilG;no, /;
cistern, intended, as most csterIs are to retar
water; the rocking of the building. however. pre.
vents this, and hut little if any water can be ken,
in it. Even on the third floor the motion q "a
great that the water in pail tw9.tlirds full win
be thrown out Now alI this Il perfectly wal
known to those in charge of the mill. The opera
tives know it. the oyerseers know It. and ma agen
knows it, and yet no one seems to give the mater
any thought or imagine that any harm can possibly
result from weakened building snnnortino 81
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Hinder date of the 17tb n aorres,,ondort ~ d.
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The startling and astounding fact that the Penn
berten Mill was but riekety concerns mann
moth coffin-has been ascertained and fully estab-
lished by the evidence before the Corouer;s inry.
1t has been proved that there were cracks and ifs
sures in tile building which, III high winds, would
open SO far as to admit mans hand The intro
duetion OF this evidence created profound sensa-
ton among those who are unacqnainted with the
interior construction Of the mill, and also ainong
those who are not aware that there is good reason
to suppose some Of the operatives are deferred
from telling all they know about the building, be
cause they are aware from experience that they
would never be employed again in Lawrence
mill if they did so. Talk Of the tyranny Of South
ern taskmasters 1t does not approach that 81
some of the taskmasters in the cotton mills Of the
North. ] will relate an incident TO show that TIM
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mill masters reaches nearly to the portals IF the
grave.
girl about IL years old lay upon a mattress in
the City Hail. Her head was horribly bruised. and
she had leg and arm broken Death had already
set his yid seal upon her features, but she could
family converse. She was asked how long she had
been in the Pemberton mills Zone day., she r.
piled, Where did you work last?t The diving