The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-22
Explosion ut the Grecn Noun
tain KNITTING Mills.
Appearance and Identification Of the
Victims
THE CORONERS INQUEST.
EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES.
BENNINGTON, Jan. 81.

down as the extent Of the disaster which
has 80 suddenly come upon us becomes
more generally known. The morning
dawned bleak, cold, and stormy, but notwith-
standing, the people OF our village long be-
fore sunrise commenced to flock to the
ruins of the mill which had been the scene
Of the great calamity The bodies, with
the exception of one, of those who were
known to have persisted in the ruins. had
been cXhumcd before midnight, and after
being placed in collins, which had been
procured by the proprietors of the mill,
were taken to the house Of II. f. Bradford
and placed IN the parlor, which was thus
converted into fearful charncl house. The
ninth body was taken from the ruins
this morning, IT being found in the race
way of the mill which supplied the water
wheel with water
APPEARANCE OF TIE VICTIMS.
The appearance of the bodies as they were
brought from the ruins, and after they
were placed in the collins was horrible as
nothing was left but mass of black, burnt
and crisped flesh, and it seemed utterly i'm
possible to identify one The scene while
the different bodies were being identified
was truly heartrcnding and words cannot
describe It,
Mrs. Gerrity was recognized by piece
of her clothing, which providentially was
not burned. Some doubts being expressed
as to it being her, the husband of the I'M
fortunate woman, procured piece from
the house, which matched it and thus made
the fact sure.
Mrs. Cunningham was identified by a
bunch of keys found on her. She was a
widow and leaves seven children, the oldest
about 10 years of age.
Mrs. Vaughn was recognized by portions
of her dress. She was forcwoman in the
scanning room and was universal favorite.
She leaves an aged mother and one child
who were dependent upon her for support.
Miss Augusta Buss was recognized by
her teeth, as was also Mary RUdd, and the
friends of all the victims feel sure that they
have found the bodies of those who they
mourn and from whom they were so sud-
denly separated.
II would appear from the manner in
which some of the bodies were found that
for moment they must have known what
their terrible situation was, for three OF
them were found in one place near together
and from their appearance it seems as
though they were trying to reach some
place through which they could escape
In the southeast corner of the scaminl
room where the explosion must have oc
cured, two bodies were found, but a shor
distance from where there was IL door
The remainder Of the nine were scattered
through the ruin
MORE OF THE WOUNDED.
To be added to the names of the injured
sent last night, are
Miss Harriet Morse, slightly.
Miss Mary Meyers, hand caught in ma
chinery and badly jammed.
Miss Ruth Taft, wounded in the hand
Henry Godfrey, injured while assistin
others to escape.
CONDITION OF TIE SURVIVORS.
The wounded are all doing well, and
| is hoped that all will recover DR.. MOI
gan speaks very encourageingly of MI
Fields and Miss Nettic Wood, who are tn
most seriously injured.
TIE FIREMEN.
1t was midnight before the tired an
hard worked fircmen were allowed to go
their homes. Hot coffee and eatablcs wer
furnished them in abundance. Hon. job
r. Gates opened his home freely to the fir'
men, and provided them with everythin
that was necessary for their comfort.
THE DEsoLATIoN OF THE SPOT.
The runs this morning presented u de
olate and dreary sight. Smoke was SIT
issuing from the debris, and parties wei
engaged in making search for bodies bu
it is hoped that all have been taken on
That part of the building in which was Il
knitting room was partly saved. The we
wing in which was the scanning room,
which room those who have met with SUE
a fearful death were employed, is COZ
plete mass of ruins, broken and burned tin
bers, brick, piles of cotton, wool, manufa
tured goods, and machinery are all pill
in one promiscuous heap.
THE FORCE OF THE EXPLOSION.
Some idea of the force of the explosi,
can be formed when it is known that I
side walls were fourteen inches thick, al
twelve feet high. Mr. Bradford has had
mill destroyed by fire before this, a
, when he erected this it was calculated
make it as near fire proof as possible, a
it would have been in any ordinary exI
sure but it was obliged to succumb to I
powerful and unseen foe, which gave