, 1874-10-04
THE FAIL RIVER DISASTER.
TrrGtc1 OF the Coroner. .3ury-Fne
.r2stl No1 Provided With Adequate
,Neasaz o7 ks~cAoc.

1-rrGtt:E OF tale Coroiser's Jury-'fhe
12stl N<,1 Provided with Adequate
Means o7 Escape.
EA1L Kl;E: Muss., Oct. 3.-The Coroner's
verde. Gil the Granite Mill Disaster wrs rem
dered this afternoon. The iurors lind that the
. fire department. were as promptly on hand aa
could be expected from the confusion OF the
alarm caused by striking four different boxes at
about the same tl1ne but that the hooks aud lad
dars included in the fire department were insult
fcieut i'll All emergency OF this kind, and poorly
handled this occasion. The many reports
concerning other branches OF the de-
pa7tmeut are unfounded. It is apparent
that due precau:ion not used
IN giving tho alarm to persons ct work in the
sixth story. Had such an alarm been given and
the care nGcaIcl ta!.e,,, the lives Of ali the per-
san6 III that stor- E!r}t have been saved, not
:v'tlstanding ther;. wls bit ona escape there
from. viz: the lower stairs. Il is remarkable,
the tlEc being discovered in the mule-room III
the fourth story. that AMONG allthe men employed
Hlc-e. as well these il! the fifth story to whom
there can be no dnuit the ALARM was general and
ample. 10 rln l1:;l presence Of 1niud enough to
warn their te;ls"-oerE,ivce Ill the sixth story to
Zee from steT 1lelF fate. a21. he'd even the men
operatives in the sixth story not become panic
stricken al the trrt nlarm OF lire that reached
them, they might have led all tile women and
ch:ircn IN their charge down tho lower Stairs in
safety.
l,e evidence fully shows tha: al the appii-
ances for estinStslhling ire. in all the etorica
aach as tanks. PUMPS, and pipes, and horizontal
rl,es aud noso 1T the various rooms. WAS, in tlliH
n'ii. ~ :ent'y ready for use on the morning of
tf.e fr.. bn: al'parently the water was want
!'@ IN then. and the hose aud pipe were useless
- the fourth story at this time. In the con-
..1uction Of the mill, the jurors believe it to
have been the AIN OF tbs corporation to furnish
every facility shAt money could purchase aud
lessous Of The nast furnish for the escaue OF the
help from their mill III caHo Of fire. But it vas
proved conclusiSely that there were not
ample means Of escape from tho at-
tic. had there been, the loss OF life
Ho11ld have been avoided and the jurors s,,paest
as an additional means of sa fety and escane' that
i'll case Of IRE it should be 30 arranged that an
alarm struck in any story should reach ali the
others il the mill. -"
From tie evidence, the jurors say that it clear-
'v and indubtately appears that ali means Of es~
cape by tho doors from cver7 story was FREQ and
nnoostr1tcted, except by smoke and fa1ne, tl,ara
Being no locks or bolts OIL any door cou,muncat~
l'e With aily room. excepting the lover doo,
! tc!nY to tue tower. and thst is alyays onen
ourihg fhe time the help is employed.
~ 1he approximate callHe of the death of Jonn.
!1'nef ana the twenty-five others on the ,norn;ra
~ .'ques.;oa "as caused ly the burning of the mil
!, ~, eltHel oe'aS DESTROYED BIZ fire inside or
'':tga I Ds ies2ine to tie ground from tile Mill.
Ano jurors conclude their verdict AZ fo]lowa
20: tne lesson aos pass unheedcxl, either tn min
l:e.1on* :nd in ali u-ans tAat lends r. ssra t.h IL
-. ~. '.tars or generally. the precious boon to ~
Z '"'f' Ho7ti Ias tic sanction Of all .n,nE;oa ..3
=" s''1ap'e Ill Him who died for kli~ ~01