Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-01-19
ing towards Duck Mill, whose counting room


ElFTH DESPATCH.
O'Clock A. M--Trough the almost su-
pe:humsn exertions of firemsn, the Wash.
ington Mills are now considered out of
danger OF the Duck Mil. The project is
not 50 good and everything thst can be done
is being dune. Fire companies are present
from all the neighboring towns. Between
forty and fifty physicians are in attendance
at the CITY Hall and other places wherever
the injured need their services. The ruins
having burned up it will be many days be.
fore true knowledge OF the killed and
wo1nded can be arrived at. The Ere, which
finally sacrificed the buried human beings,
! caught without doubt from lantern Of burn.
ing fluid which was accidentally dropped. -
One fireman dropped down dead in the
street. The streets are filed with mass
of human beings, every one eager to do and
see and hear. Ffiends who before the fire
were alternating between hope and fear are
now settling into hopeless despair.
.. SIXTH DESPATCH.
LAwEEscE, Massachusetts, Jan. IL.
A portion Of the operators had lett .or
supper previous to the falling OF the build
ing--about 600 remaining. The building
was five stories high. $50 ieet long and 10
wide, with wing on the west side. % feet
square; shaped like ihs letter l.. 1t run
2,700 spindles. Nine hundred and sixty
operatives were employed.
SEVENTH DESPATCH.
lr. M.-We have very little additional
in regard to the dreadful catastrophe. A
large portion of the killed are young girls,
many of them being main supports Of their
parents. The fire was confined to the rui ins
OF the Pemberton Mills. The loss of pro.
perty is estimated at 5000, 900. The Mayor
has issued The following notice:
LAwRENcE, January IL.
Terrible as our calamity has been, think
it 10 much over-estimated in the number
killed. AS near as have been abe to as.
certain this morning find the dead and
missing (Which 10 equivalent to dead) ll5
and $50 wounded. Some of the wounded
will die but very much the larger number
will survive. (SgnsdD
N. SAUNDERS, Jr., Mayor.
BosToN, January II.
The Lawrence catastrophe casts gloom
over The city. Hon. David Sears, presided
at meeting of twenty gentlemen to-day,
who subscribed 50 900 Tor the relief OF the
sufferers. and appointed committee to SO
lict further contributions,
The trains to Lawrence are crowded. A
strong body Of reporters are on the ground,
and the accounts received are voiminous
but really afford little news.
John Ward, an operative in the carding
room OF the second story. who was miracu.
lously saved with his wife, who worked near
him, describes his escape az follows. | was
in the carding room with the scond over.
seer, lighting up, it was 3 or 10 minutes
before 8 o'clock, we had but few burners
lighted, when We suddenly heard a loud
laundering crash overheard and looking up
saw tho shaiting coming down upon US al
over the room, terrified, stood fastened tc
) the spot, although knew the building wa,
coming ON me; then heard the overseer
; shout; lrIed to jump out of the rubbish
but something struck me senseless; when
came to, found myself in the rubbish
covered with blood from wounds on my face
finally ] crawled up and got to tho top enc
found lot of ruins hanging over me, which
liked to have taken my lite, but succeeded
in getting out. ] passed a dead girl ant
two mangled bodies. When I was frs,
knocked down fell under heavy grinding
stone which was too heavy to give way tu
the weight above. Ward found his wife al
the City Hail.
The following is one of the heart. re ding
Incidents: Margaret Hamilton, aged IA, was
50 seriously injured that she did to-day
This was her frst days work. He- devoted
mother attended her, and when asked wha,
/, injuries her daughter received, re piled, "Hel
arm is broken and her head is broken, an,
oh, my God" and here the poor woman
burss into tears, tiny poor darling is al
broken!" The daughter was was the nair
= support OF her mother and children.
!, Miss Olive Bridges, OF Cala's, Maine
: who worked in the hth story, seized tn,
hoisting chain OF the Elevator, AID wen
safely down and escaped uninjured.
Before the building caught lire. numbe
Of those imprisoned beneath the ruins coul,
be seen and couversed with. Drinks an
refreshments, In some instances, were pass
ed TO them. When the fire spread over th
, ruins they found escape hopeless, and BIZ
adieu to friends, and in several cases CAV,
directions as to the disposition Of their eff
fec's. In one part OF the building a hol
was battered through = wall, and through /
could be seen three young women, who sal
they were not At all injured One thrust he
arm through the small aperture and begge
to be drawn through, but before the aper tur
!, could be made lurgs enough, the flame
drove the men away, and the prisoners per
ishod. tt|
A jury was summoned, who, after review
ing the dead, adjourned ill to-morroS.
The insurance or tae Psmberton Mill,
was S4i5,OOo, said to be against fire only
LAwREscE, jan. ll.--II p. NJ.
! 1t we cou'd but forget the occasion Q
n our crowded streets, we should at once con
d cude that some grea, occasion or a gal
. day had arrived, but the sadness and almos
!, despair so visbly depicted ON the eounten