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tho community, and desire to do all In their
rawer to aHalst tho poor People ID tho 'naul-

rauer to ansIst tho poor rcoplo IL lilo ,,narl.
noun sentiment Of NIL cfaHses Of tho citizonB-
MANAGEMENT NJ TtIE FINE.
The tar,!inesa Of domo IN authority In tho
management OF tlle TlFo Department is sharply
criticised by tho people, All agrea that tho Fro
Department Ia a mutt cfiiclo1lt ono II properly
blundor III sonnlIng tho alarm waB rectilotlt tho
tiromon woro promptly OIL tl!o ground. but long
t!mo elapsed leforo .hey could bo assigned sutt-
nbo rositionn to attack the iintncs. Again II tn
anAortod TINT thoro was considerable difficulty In
obtaining sufficient a,4rrly Of Tatcr FROM tho n.y.
drnnts, nattor which cold horotnforo Eave boon
easily attended to at,t tho necessary forco of
Wator from tho l,yt]rnnta ready Mt all t'tnca for
lsn. Some maintain that II vaa not until nino-
tocn minutes aftor tho alarm vaa givon thnt the
frat atenmor reached tho building. Another
dofoct In tho department eocma to exist from
tho fact that tho two ladder trucks nre bit
poorly supplied With ladders. gontlon,atl who
%'tnansod The aro from tho tt'no when It rst
had run MP their Iongest ladders many who roro
burned might linvo been ieBouod. A member
Of tho Fire department, whonc statement is cor
roborated by nnmerona citlzonH, fefntos this
from tho Windows. uo further states that. AZ
aoon as possible, tho long iat!lors vere nplcod
and run up. h1,t waro about 10 feot too short TO
reach tho windows; 1hofe Is but 1ittlo doubt,
iowovor. that tho ladder men, aided by oter
thclr harole conduct, aud worked faithfully mud
nohly during the hottest Of tho fre.,
T1iR MEANA or ESCAPE
from tho mill Is nlso tho thcmo Of conversation.
AH stated In another part Of this report, tile
several apartments wore reached by ststrwnrn
placofl directly In tho ccrtrc Of tho building.
on both ssdos Of tho tower were irou ladders
extending e;aen 70 tho fifth stery. Teuo were de.
egroas for tho operatives in tho sixth story
Nna through Tile 6kyligltn oil tho roof. To rain
tho rool would require THO uso Of q latldor about
10 or IL feet long. and when there peraon
roof to The ground. young woman employed
In tho spinning room left hor splntl!o few mo-
nonts bofore this fire broke out, and ascontlo to
tho mule lonertnent for tie parposo Of waiting
her conversation with her friend when tho lire
broke out, aud ~ .llcy wcro in an
oppoaito direction to tho stairway and tho
thick clouds Of smoke rolling towards tlnm.
all meanB Of escape seemed to DO cut nir. Ono
OF them looked about, and, ecoitg n coil Of topo
iu D corner Of tho room. quickly fautencd It to
ono Of tho Windows and urged her friond 10 thus
Escape from tho mill. Tho tirnid girl strenuous
" refused to avail herself Of tho opportunity,
and. in ofdor to gilvo, hcr courage. tho othor
ground. Once thcrc sllo again urged her friend
to escape in tho BaMo manner, but all her en-
trootoH wero useless. Tho panic-Btrickon girl ro-
ma'nca almost mo,ionlcss at tho window and wnB
61oitiv h'toE teeH ny LILO E>tEtaECTH 70 ID Gu
vclopod in tho damos and fall l,,cl to DO burned
to 'eath. Il large and tleshy woman. observing
tho tremou raising ladder toward tho window
whore s!e VIA standing, jumped toward tho
Same and struck tho topmost part, breathing
thrco Of tho rountls aid receiving dreadful and
probably fatal injuries. Yesterday morning
tho body q Maggie Dillon, wl,ope parents
neat caskot and forwarded to her lato homo.
Several Of the lrcmcn voro slightly injured by
tl!oso WHO jumped from tho windows fnlling OH
thom. 4 lad na,nod George Robinson jumped
from window in tho eixtli story to tho ground,
md escaped without tho lcnst injury whnteyor
Tho crowd, on seeing thos boy tako Tho fearful
leap, ran toward the p1ace where he alightoi.
but tho youngstor no sooner touched the ground
than he waa ngan on his feet. and With tho re-
mark. II gncss I'll put for homo," started OF
on brisk run.
THE coRoNEN's INQUEST.
FALL R1yEn, hlnss., Sept. 22.-Morning md
afternoon Sessions Of the Coronors jury wcro
held to-dar. THO testimony was repetition OF
that already published. Tie jury moota ngain
at 915 Tomorrow 1nornuE whom the officers Of
tho corporation aud othor important witnesses
are expected to testify,