The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-10-01
Incidents of the Fall River Fire.

Inoidents of the fire are narrated,
80 of them being of the most
heartrending description. During !le
height of the excitement ns'ie e,',
scarcely in her teens, appeafeu ,a, ar th Tho
of the upper windows gazing upon Pnn ouos rno
horror. stricken people, below All eyes
we're directed to her, in the expec'n''olff ,f
Of seeing her follow the example VI
others who had inmped from lh9 G," Min,
dows at the risk of life ana imo. IL thosa tSa
who % were holding beds beneatn .ne
windows grasped them more nrmly oo w.
receive her, while scorces ol 'uices S;es
shouted to her to Jump. Ihe isnS
shone full upon her face, Wmcn was
$ Sny, mrpatbed with beautiful smile. as
= thonoh she had caught glimpse OF t1e
r ntber world already; as the Peopia
4 oozed she slowly turned around anu
6 5;sonneared forever from mortal view.
1t Whatbnr she became insenslbie from
re ,hn s,,oko or whether the terror or the
4 u,oment mo- had deprived the poor chiiu OK
y rooson will never be known until ,he
in doad Give up their secrets. Another
k ;mo;doSt that has been narrated as "H
ne notnoI foct but which have been una
=, IJo IJo 90 vet to substantiate, is almost IN
or nno oro5T,ie liz though not beyond the range
ng oten,~;h " noss;hl;ty. 1t is said that a little
he Ga fa,lpw scarcely dozen years old, Jump
OF lenGo, od fron one OF the upper windows to
M tho tn - oronnd. o and when the spectators
is, rno rnobed forward to pick up the mangleu
err ,aa,' ,u?iroV thov we're astonished to see HIM
by snrin, DoI' to his feet, apparently unlnIureu'
lth spl atort on a run for his home. Bu' 81
ch ;'ro ;no INTO INTO tho house IN breathless haS'e,
ed ,ue hn shouted to his mother, "The mill IN
ted l'T nIl nn fre !" and then he suddenly drop,
'na ~ tn The floor lifeless, the ieariu,
ess ~ p;st,, loot lump having lesulted IN ia'ai
ota- elA@, satc,,noI INJURIES which the excitemeh'
ory nv NJ thn a. moment prevented his teeline
~; DC It appears that many OF .li' nv ueIi ths neo
III Al, severe injuries were causeu ~ Wv uhicl
i .ea pie striking upon the laooetS oed f"nrtl
Bea were run up to the thru anu ion tmne,
nt.' stories One little girl struck pet pet"Iel bn
III two rounds in such manner 1 1,,'.I ho M
Ii hack was instantly broken, anu nc NC
us head head hung down swaaylns pnoh ,:,loa ~, !,
Ian Forth. and while the body recl'het ~ -
1ore tbat nosition man and woman III ."t
trict struck str against it, bounding OIL again y
uni t tho Ground. All the persons. VINO ~ ~
nda tnn,5ted tl'u to escape from the attic ana III
tive make clean Jump to the grouno. :,
ases rnne was thrown out OF the wihoo~ y
At T.. oil somebody, which reached go e9ou urite ta
djn eSlty of the way to the ground ana qhts tar
o 1ne number slid down TINS 15 r1pt ths 10 rest res
adge gs possible, and then dropped ptant ene deatl 5
ough the way, thus escaping lnsean' soas ininre Gp
nrd smrp though all were more % OF Stafford .tof NJ
t lenat Two of the girls o,nl,Ue on,nun tho
n mGnv ;n Nancy Mullen, who were Ha1 "Ie the;r ham
or $, ,I aI who used the rope1faos frnsion C. and
% oug ba badly burned by the n"re5 ni,T5n and be
which iotnU, n,.uoa 5;s,ocoted by the fall. Inc p
upon "nna who ayailed themselves Oh y
this. oons I'D have escaped serious my,
how io2o w tbe rome caught fire Dy
ective an i,'i iaOI hrrst;np ont of the windows
me of ialilos , ~ aome forty feet from
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