, 1874-09-24

terward the fire burst forth with light
ning-like rapdity, cutting off the fire
alarm and all exit from the building
which contained some 700 men, women
and children. Many perished In the
flames. and others jumped from the up
per windows and we're killed instantly.
Boston, Sept. 19.-Loss of life blythe
fire at Fall River SO far as known is 20.
Loss on property $5OO,0O0.
FALL RIVER. Mass. Sept. 19.-Over.
seers of Granite Mill No. /. state that
the behavior of operatives was such as
to materially lessen the chances of es-
cape. They pointed ont means of es-
cape principally by iron ladders, but
many are SO terror stricken as to be un-
able to use them. As the dre frighten-
ed them away from those ladders they
rushed to the windows in the south ga
BILE, nearly sixty feet from the ground.
but dared not jump down. Cotton ropes
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were put out for them to slide down by.
but no sooner would rope be lowered
than than there was rush for it and
too many would take bold, when it
would break aud ull clinging to it would
| come down IN bunch. Similar scenes
were going ON in the male spinning
rooms. The flames had assembled rap
idly to the tower on the fourth floor,
cutting of this means of escape, but the
operatives had ladders at the south ga
Bile directly before them and were urged
by the overseers and citizens to take to
them, still many rushed to the balcony
and lenped headlong from the guards.
Everybody would have been saved had
the girls followed the instructions of the
Superintendent, who rushed to the up-
per story at the first alarm and cid eve-
rything possible to save life every
means of escape was tried. 1t is re-
ported that four fremen lost their lives
while rescning the girls. Twenty-Five
dead bodies were taken to Central Sta
ton and other unfortunates were car
ried home or to hospitals and all the
medical aid in the city was summoned.
The number killed cannot fall short of
forty and wounded will probably num-
Der eighty.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-National Bank
note redemption agency give notice that
in consequence of exhaustion of five
per cent. fund and failure of National
banks to make prompt and general re-
sponse to the request for additional de-
posit of Ave per cent. on their circula-
ton, it has been necessary to stop re-
demption on National Bank notes for a
short time; that National Bank notes on
which the interest is now due will be
counted and paid for. but those remit
ted after this date will be held till no
tice is given of redemption.
New YoRk, Sept. 19.-Aspecial to the
London Times says the Austrian polar
expedition. which left Tromsoo in the
Admiral Tegethaff on the 10th of july
1872, encountered compact drift of ice
in 04Y East Longitude and worked
themselves through until in o18 East
Longitude when they reached the coast
of Nova Zembla. They sailed along the
coast to Beach Island, where they met
Count Wiltzek's sloop Isbjoinen. They
sailed together with him to Boenzt Is
land, near the promontory of Cape Mas
sau, where they remained at anchor till
August, 1872, on account of southwes-
terly storms. They parted with Count
Wiltzeks and steered northeast the same
day and were completely frozen in.
They drifted with pack-ice fourteen
month, first northeast to o73 East Lon
gitude, then northwest till October. 1873.
On August 23rd new land was discover
ed. They drifted with ice along this
land, when they we're frozen in and win
tered in o79 II miles North Latitude,
e29 East Longitude. In March and
April, 1874, sledge expeditions were
sent north and west. oS2 North Lati-
tude was passed and land was seen to
oS2. Extent of land northward was
apparently considerable. The ship was
abandoned and starting on the Goth OF
May, 1874, North, with four sledges and
boats. They met in open water on the
10th of August. They crossed to Nova
Zembla and went along the coast in
search of vessels. They met Russian
schooner on the Oath Of August in
Puichawa Bay and arrived at Wardoc on
the 3rd of September. The health OF
the crew is excellent. Engineer Chrish
died in March, 1874, from tubercleous
disease.
WASHINGTON Sept. 19.-The Presi-
dent has aswered the message Of Gov
eruor Brown of Tennessee yesterday. in
effect that until report is obtained
from the District Attorney OF Western
District of Tennessee, no definite an.
swer can be given. He expresses grati-
fcation that the State authorities are
taking prompt and vigorous measures
against outlaws. but reminds the Gov
ernor that the United States have
jurisdiction over posse as well as over
other States in regard to crimes like
these in question.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 16.-About 3
o'clock this morning Governor Kellogg
returned from the Custom House to the
Executive Office in st. Louis Hotel.
Taking possession of the State House
would have made complications desper-
ate.
FALL RIVER. Mass, Sept. 2O.-The
following is the official police and mill
record of the victims by the recent dis
aster: sfsss
Killed;-Honorable A. Cote, Catha-