, 1874-09-23
FALL RIVER.
Scenes and Incidents of the Dis
aster.

Fau Rirer, aass. tSept. oo) Despatch to The Boston
Post.
Yesterday morning tho hundreds Of operatives,
rs ,tsua, assembled In the various departments
at tho Granito Cotton Mill No. (which is located
! OH Twolfth and Bedford streets, aud tho thought
that tho woek's toll wond soon eloao cheered tho
old aud mittdle-nged. wllio smiles Of anticipated
pleasure gladdonod tho faccs Of tho young. The
factory boil .. last, gave Tho signal to
wero set in r's'tio., and soon afser the
hum Of tho thousands Of spinaos and other
machinery in tllo csta'lishmehe proclaimed that
the operations Of the day had begun. fow
industry was cinnEol to TINT Of terror and de-
Apair. Above the itin Of tho machinery aroHo tho
alarming cry Of tire, aud those on tho lower
stories hur1iclly left their places aud rau into
tho street: Dense volumes Of nlaok amohe were
soon pouring ous from tho windows Of tho sixth
story, FROM tho apartment termed by tho en-
rloyes na the nall!c-room. Alronty wero dozens
Of inon ongagod with hnud-englnos and bucket
fule Of water trying to extinguiBh tue. fro, but
without ayail. In tho meantime MI alnrm was
given from Boz No. 7. but owing to some dofoct
iii the tolographc apparatus, tho signal WAS not
properly ,iIlerBtood and before It could 10 ro-
peated ten minutes valuable time was lost, mud
Ills 1nmos, foi by tho coulbustiblo aud inlarn-
nlRba nlHtter, swept through tho ouiro length
of the naulc-roonl Gro the Fire Department
roached the ground.
THE 8cENE,
Tho news thnt the Granite Mill was on fro
sprcnd Through tho city with great rapidity, aud
In loss thnn 20 minutes from tho tin,o tho alnrm
WIS sounded Thousands Of paoplo woro gathered
about tho burning structure, and filled tboatrerta
md avenues leading thcre!o. Tho Hce1la noY
presented was ono of tho most heartrouling
character, and ono that will hardly bo eftacod
from tho minds OF those who Witnessed it. In
the wndowb ncar tho roof wcto soen Bcorca OF
Inflated women and children, struggling in
their efforts to escape from tho tlan,os which
roared aud scothcl about them like u worry wall
Of fro, Womsn With blanched faces. pitooualy
bosougllt their friends below to saye them from
DEATH; little children franticaly callod upon
tlIoir fathers aud motlora to aid them. Tho
stronger pushed tho weaker ones back and with
tho desperation Of insanity hurled themselves
boow to the pavement, distance Of over GO feet,
received such injuries ~ will probably result
fatally, md many aro bruised md mainod for
life. below stood tho parents, wiyes sisters
and brothors Of tho doomed, not few OF whom
speak or movo. othons ran headlong towards
tLo burning mass, only to be pushed back by tho
o1lcers aud police authoritfes guarding the on
trance to tho mill. Now u woman with corpse
like face mud disneyeled hair would clasp
her h ;7 han'9 and utter piercing wall
OF hor husband falling to tho ground,
and uas picked up bleeding and inauitnatos
% .,oa W ta;n aa i, nies an tncf. cang
ias, tnu ~ 's - ea enots, anu "sins!ns tnols
% nanus ~ ~ WIZ aespai! as .Aey reserved s no 70;
nponso ~ tnoll "Ilu es'ea. ", EXCLAIMED
o;1 p9t' 3t ~, muAau, III i1los'hng ny noy aug
sl1l lo!e NY housonsht-ncaisc9; aha PROMISED
10 eG'ho t1olao Gully to.h'Gnt! Mnoto are thoy
hoM: ,a a. a. aem noncats MtoI, anu tho hlolsss
poay OF her aallhs boy was taKen from Inc court,
years. won't down with tho falling 1loor,: aud was
burned to crisp. an tho Meahtl,no, tho fro
lnen aud numerous clslzeas we're battling With
the flames, which shot upward in huge coIumns
Whl!o tho binding clouda Of Rmoko frequently
swept down among tho surging mass Of Iuma1l-
ity, driving tho frolnon from their
work mud for somo -titno causing tho
hlackucss Of night III tho etrcots. Above
the roar OF tA0 1nmeH could bc heard tho BhrielS
of tho yictin,s aa tlay, flung themselves head
long to tho ground, OF ,Yero swallowed IN in Tin