The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-09-29

above the second story. One
woman was observed raining
about among the killed and wounded.
exclaiming in pitiful tones, "Oh where's my
Nora?" She had found one of her daugh-
tiers, who had been almost instantly killed
by jumping from the building, and at last
accounts had not found the other, who il
supposed to have shared like fate. A boy,
evidently twelve years old, jumped from
the building and was caught on a mattress,
being uninjured. He Immediately ran into
the street and started OF in the direction of
the city hall as fast as possible. All the,
medical skill at hand was summoned and
commenced rendering medical treatment to
the wounded. Teams were obtained and the
wounded parties conveyed to the tenement
houses near by, where they were promptly
cared for by the surgeons and nurses. Hap
PLY the loss OF life is not so extensive as at
first reported.
REVIEW OF THE DISASTER.
WHO ARE TO BLAME-TBE INVESTIGATION
UNsATIsFAcToRY-RELIE FOR THE sur
FERERS.
A special to the Chicago Tribune, on the
2lst inst, gives the latest results of investi-
cations into the causes of the great calam-
ity: calm review of the mournful mill
tragedy on Saturday morning, and its nu-
merously attendant incidents. leads only to
the belief that great deal of blame remains
to be attached to some one. The lad Young,
who forgot to oil the fatal mule head, must
bear his portion. The action of the
various overseers in their rooms, on
discovering the danger. was not of
course, criminally wicked but, to say the
least, was brutally careless. The machinery
was allowed to keep up its ceaseless motion,
and from the very confusion of noise pre-
vented the situation from being understood
at glance. There were four independent
fire-escapes running up to the fifth story,
but the attic, where the loss OF life occurred,
was unprovided. There was fire alarm,
but il could not be reached. There were am
pie arrangements for extinguishing fire on
every story, but they were useless, because
the operatives had not been instructed how
! to use them. Then, outside, the fire de-
partment came to the scene in such a
bungling way that 1t seemed as if they bad
been kept more for ornament than for
use. Their management and working af-
ter assembling was open to serious criticism
and condemnation. Last, but not least, is
| the blame that must come, like an anathema,
to the corporation for allowing girls of such
tender age, as many were, who are now
among the dead, to work in the mill. True,
I they say they did not employ them, but they
were allowed TO help sister or mother, and
sister or mother drew an additional salary
|
that the lesson of this disaster may be
needed, as 1t gives new and unpleasant
shock to the community in hethought of the
| great danger there is of it's repetition, and
where is the remedy? Not In inside stair
cases, say the superintendent at Fall River,
i of stairways. All of the girls who were
spoken to on the subject said that the ladder
! form of fire escape is almost useless, even ii
| it can be reached. The excitement in the
city of spindles is suddenly abating, as all
known distress was relieved. To-day ar
rangements were still further perfected
looking to the care of the wounded, and a
committee of citizens is to cooperate with
the corporation in caring for the wounded and
THE FAMILIES OF THE KILLED.
The following card has been issued by the
corporation:
Saddened beyond expression by reason
of the distressing casualties attending the
burning of the No mill on Saturday, the
10Th inst, the officers of the Granite Mills
for themselves and the corporation they
represent, desire to express in this public
manner their deep and heartfelt sympathy
| for the friends of the deceased ones, and for
the injured and suffering, and 80 assure
| them that all that lies in their power will
be done to allay and sssuage their distresses
| They desire in like manner to thank the
fire department and citizens for their
/ humane and untiring efforts on this occa-
| sion.
Communications were received
! from nearly every other corpo-
ration, containing assurance that
they would furnish employment, to
4 their utmost ability, to those who have been
so suddenly thrown out of work by the dis
aster, and a committee was appointed to SEE
every person employed in Granite Mill No
l, and procure employment for them where
needed, or to furnish them with all the pc
cuniary assistance required. The coroner's
jury met this forenoon, at the court house
! at 10 o'clock, elected Job b. French, fore
man, and, after few preliminaries, ad
journed to meet in large committee room
In the City Building at 2 P. NJ. At the after
, noon session several witnesses gave theil
testimony. among them Supt. McCreery
whose statement was substantially the
same as heretofore published. The
} 20 meet again at 7:30 P. NJ. At the evening
, session large number of witnesses were
! present. and the testimony was very
. voluminous, but in substance is merely
, repetition of the statements which have al
ready appeared in PRINT. Samuel 5. Young
: bac-boy, who was clearing the mule
heads, testified that he saw Dennis Leary OF
, the mule which subsequently took fire; also
saw Leary throw water on the fire, which b,
had obtained from sink tw0-thirds of th,
length of the room from the fire. AT tn,
afternoon session, Alfred Buckley, secon(
overseer of the attic, testified at grea
length. He stated that if any one had come
to the attic, as McCreery says he did, ant
entered the spooliDg room, he could no
, help hearing the screeching of the womer
2 and girls in that room, who never ceased Il
7 scream his (Buckley's) name, and entrea
him to save them. The impression prevails
generally that the results of the investi
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