, 1874-09-23

VIZ Ata44A 1AllL4HF W viz fNIlIAb ACIHtt-
nlonts. Tho frst story contained tho cloth
and wcnvo rooms tho eooonl atory was occu-
pied for woasing; tho third for cartling; the
fourth, aftll. aud sixth for attnnnE mud tlAo f.
roar was = p'ohor wing OF stono. 40 By O., tlirce
storios with iat roof, Tho other apartments
woro used for plokera. openers, md olapPosn.
1n tho roar Of thlH room Waa large
sisted Of trco Htan,n 1lro.pnmps, which
woro conuoctod. with two esnnl~pfeb on tho
west aald Of tho building, md there aro also two
discovered tho aboyo apparatus was brought INTO
requinftion az aoon M possible, and did good
service before tho arrival OF tho Fire Depart
mont. Tho only rassageway. loating to tho
towor III tho contre Of tff, main building on
Twnlfth atroot. Thus It will he scen tlsat as tito
bntlng nn1olo tollost toward tho only place wl,oro
It could iul ogrosa tho escape OF tl!c persons
such as attompted to leayo by The towor stnirs
wero snifoeated and porishea before rcael,Ing
tho fifth Btory. Tho eutrc roof and fnrgo por-
tions Of tho north and south Enblo fell III, oruat
ing tho largo number of arin1lea, looms. and
utllnr nlachilca nncd in tho flctory. Tho builtl-
ing waa erected IN 1864.
onluiN or TIE r11a, ETC.
AR Tar AZ can bo ntCortaineL, 1t Neun1H Tint tho
flre hogan Ia tho nu!o-roon1 on tho sittl, atory,
and was cnusctl by some cotton taking ro by tho
11tGllnA III u ulhlE"AeAt lilH EhIE OIL ttln Hl]a-
chlnory was In Charge Of u lna named Samuel
Young, and his principal duty was to koor all oi
ttA bearings wol oiloti. For 8omo unexplained
reason the IND fn1led to perform bis task,
aud tho frietlon caused By The velocity of tho
shaft or mule-hcad act fro to bonlo loose
threads OF COTTON Tho boy was tho frat to notice
lie llro.and Immediately gavc tho alarm. uo Ind
scarcely doMo 81 before tue fire wna oonn,uni-
Gated to pile OF tho Ban1o materials which lit up
with oloetiic-liho speed and theu flashed from
Hnft,f11a IN SnrHn mill ma nf tbR nnnrntirnq
vino WINS presous Expressed 1t, tho whole room
wna ab1aZe, and "wo were all running to and fro
in soa OF ltamc." IIad.thore bccnfother naodcs
Of cgrcss t'un TINT Of tho towcr to tho nule-
ployos who now lie cold in death or ntretehed
upon their bods writhing In pain aud tor
turo would hayo boon saved. During tho carly
part OF yesterday D report was In circulation
looked tile doors, and thus prevented many from
BuccornE tho unfortunate pooplo in tho spool
room This In positively denied by the Buporin-
tenicnt and ovorBecrs. and Is corroboratcd by
many of tho operatives, who yEcro then in tho
building. llr. NToCroory and sovoral Of hts
Bnbordinates upon hearing tho frat shout OF
lfro ran through tho fiat, second, md third
stories, boscocuing tho lands to be calm
md to pnsa orderly, but quickly from tho mill.
As might bo expected uutlor such fearful cir
c,llnHtances, mon, women, md childron oau,o
pouring down tho stairwnys, all panic -etrlolon.
and choking up the avolilles OF escape. not
hearing or eoding the cautions OF theao o.1lccrs.
So rapid woro tho tlamos that swopt down tho
broad staircaso from tito towor that aoyorn peo-
plo who wore about to 1oava Tho mill hy thu cen-
trail paABageway caught By tho pilIar of iiEo,
and Hume wero burnod to douth, and others seri-
ougiy injured.
HERO.
Willie tho flames were raging, and tho roor
vlctrnn in tho uppor rooms pitcousiy calling
those bo!ow to roscuo them, 1Ir. john IL. Bos-
worth, q fireman. reached the roof and by 1ncAnB
Of ropo lowered . nuulbor OF women and chill
dron in safety to tho ground. The gallant aud
tamcs almost encirc!cd him and tho tottering
roof almost .gavo way benoath him. Then,
and then only, did Ito dosist from hin aayin,;
work. and with great difficulty roncl.ed his ladder
and descended to tho eronnd, winch ho barely
reacllol when tho roof foil in with loud clsali.
A,1ovG TitH RUINS.
AT an early hour this morning crowds Of Poo
ple bogMu to assemble in thu vicinity Of tile
ruins Of tho mill, tho sorrowfui faces at many
plainly telling that Bomo toyod friend Mas ntln-
fao bsfsa an'ons tho DEAL dead or % mixsinG: e. 4ong
rington. whoHo daughter Marearot, Is years
old, WAS reported missing, visited tho Supersn-
tcndentH house. aud ituplored him to DO allowed
to search RInong the ruins. "Oh, sir, aaitl sa,
"do pleaso let lot mo 5 look for my poor Maggie.
long ainco haro come home" Shu wAs kindly
told that Ill possible search would DO nlndo for
her chid This did not Hoc,n to satisfy lor, and
sho stood about, sobbing and repeating the nanlo
hour later. tho cl,arrod and blackonod re-
maillB Of littlo Maggie were found under somo
Machiuoiy in tue gpnniug-roon. When told
that her olild had bccn found, Mrs. Harrington
gaTo vent to her grief in heartronang tonos, amt
was tendery borno from the place 10 hor homo
by kind frienls. Toward evening tho work Of
searching Tor tho missing wus concluded, and
outBldo tho Gatea Wero groups OF peoHlo
talking oyor tho melancholy event. Tho
story Of Mr.. Robort smith, whose little con
be vIlibly affected. II WAS employed" ho snid,
sin tho mule room, noar tho door, and few
minutes before tho cry Of fro was giyou, little
james started to ouo If tho muleH in the centre
hoa,d tho alarm lie started towards Ills son, who
vas Eo1no distance from linn, but ind not gono
20 leo: from his pnst Ylon a cloud of blindllE
smohe drore. him back, and when this cleared
away tho pour lad was eneitclcl with the
living flames, md vas burned tu n criBp To-
moro" largo gaugs Of mcn will rosunse work in
cearn tho debris away, preparatory to rebuild
Ing thu: portion Of tic mill destroyed.
DuRY,Ea THE VICTIMS.
This Aftorno0n tue funerals Of nearly oil the
four DO lica wero interred by relatively tand
friends. OF tho six bodies nnrccognizcd ono
others it ol' children varying '1 III ages from
lu to IL ycaEH. Ihcao wore re- |
moved latt night from the Mission Chapel to |
The City-l !arshars office. Hero tho remains
woro pIaect in plain cotlius and al carried to the
North Cen stery. Nearly I'LL tho otilerD were |
buried in Cak drove Cometerv. Az noarly all
Tho victims soaidod In houses belonging to tho
corporation and ndionug the mill, the scene in !
Tint locality during tho preparations for tho |
funerals WAS indeed one woil calculated to |
awaton sympathy in themoHt obtlurato Of hearts.
On one street was counted sovou hoarses wait-
lug to carry to their lust resting places tue re-
mains OF the poor Victims Of yestorday's disas-
Lof. As tho plain collins wore borne from tho |
humble honos hoart-breaking lamentations
would break tho Sabbath atillneas. carriage |
Dr two containing tho immediate relatives gen
ornlly followed the hearae to the graveyard,
sistow, or brothors would again b. ronowed. |
At Oak Grove Cometory little boy, tho brother |
10 yonng gil, who wns hin only support nnd rel
ativo living, cast Iu,solf upon his sisters new
made grave. mud, while sc4lding teara coursed |
lo"n his lidlo face. soil,ol: "Oh siater, eis.
Lor, como baok. You told mother when ho died
lint you would tulio caro- OF NO." Tho poor