Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-09-29
in the northern section of the build

in the northern section of the build
ing.
A young girl named Katie Smith
states that her first announcement of
impending danger was received by
the girls from the other end of the
room making. toward her shrieking
and crying, many of them so terror
stricken that their limbs became al
most useless. Some of the girls we're
praying and lamenting their situation.
while Others were SO passed with fear
that they stood in mute agony watch
ing with haIf-crazed brain the brave,
heroic conduct of one man who, ut
terly regardless of his own safety,
worked with heroic ardor. and, by
means of a rope. landed on the
ground number Of the girls in
safety. One man being completely cut
off made his exit to the roofby means
of the scuttle, and with a rope low
cred himself over the roof and to the
ground in safety. When he reached
terra firma he stated that COM
panion who was just behind him had
fallen back sufforated.
Many of the girls became uacon,
scious from fright ere the flames
reached them, and, though the mum
Der lost is unknown at this uritine,
it cannot bu: be great. Some leaped
from the windows pref1rring to be
crushed and manned than burned.
and the shocking!y heart rending
sights that met the eye on all sides
were agonizing. The wailings of
mothers, brothers, and. sisters was
terrible to hear.
THE PANIC IT CREATED.
BosToN, September ia spec
ial from Fall River to the Journ al
says: The fire caught in the spooling-
room. in the fifth story. A panic
seized the operatives. who were most
ly women and children. They did
not use the escape ladder, but hud>
died about the windows or sprang
through them in desperation The
flames spread so RAPIDLY aud the
smoke was so thick that the loss of
life was terrible. Tho,e who jumped
from the windows fell fifty or sixty
feet. and were either killed Outr. ght
or suffered such a shock that they
Died soon afterward. Ten persons
escaped alive
When the fire had been got under
a search was mlde for the bodies,
which were found charred and bleed
ing. Nearly all were in the fifth
story. They were wrapped in sacks
and quilts, aud dripping with blood
we're let down and put in express
wagons. and carried to the police
station or the chapel. Ten bodies
were recognizable, and some were in
fragments. Agonized parents filed
the streets with shireks ard cries
which mingled with the shl;eks of
the wounded The following are some
of tie casualties: Annie Bailey. leg
broken -Fincomb. internal injuries,
i. Wordel, back and leg broken;
Isabel Morehead, arm broken; Fila
James Annie Devouley, internal in
jnres, having jumped from the win
dow; Maggie Drowner head ard
shoulder broken. Eleven dead bodies
are in the Mission Chapel, and others
a. the police station
The loss Of life so far as heard from
is %. The loss OF property amounts
to 100000. The walls of the mill
were standing at noon. The engines
were playing aud clouds Of smoke
rising.
A dispatch, dated y 80 P. NJ
ates that the killed and wounded
thus far foot up 50.
Part of the machinery in the lower
stories will be saved in a damaged
condition. The mill was probably
Insured for $50. 600, and all the larger
mutual companies in the country had
risks on the property. The Manu-
faclurers' Mutual, of Boston. had
aboa. $4,000 on the Granite Mill,
and some mutual Offices had almost
as large amount. Most of the mana
gels of mutual companies in Boston
have gone to Fall River Policies are
also held by the 70 lowing mutual
companies: Albright, of Boston; Fall
River Mutual Of Fall River, and
Worcoctar Of WOrpactar