, 1874-09-20

those in the fourth and fifth stories, beside.
| four flre-escapes, tno on each gable Once
getting into the tower, the fumes ran ND to auJ
| Though the single entrance to the fifth story,
then surinEing to the roof timbers, filed the tive
| great rooms, +501o0 feet, Hith dense black smoke
| aud flame. While the flames ere making such
| terrible headwav. the operatives
| BECAME FAIRLY WILD.
| The oEersccrs tGw there Was no wav possible to
CHECK tho fire, and gave their soi- attention tc
| tloso whom they had at work. They called to
tAeM to save themselves. and pointed ou. ways
| OF escape, principally fre-lallera. Tho oyerseeE
| OF the spooInG-room, WHO remained till neatly
| eunoeated, s:ntes tina: tho scene in his room
and It must have been wolse IN tue room beio1-
| cannot be derictad- Children ran about CRYING
and begging p:t3ous!y to b, saved, re. wrench
| ing themselves away when i:Ee, forcibly to the
| tower while yet there was zone chance OF to Tie
iron ladder that reached Two of the ecuttle-vln-
| eo~s Of the south end. opening uron tbs roof OF
the balcony at the nead Of tho Twelfth street
! tife-ladders. It WAS im7o5=ible to &c: tho great
majority to taic this metlod 10 saro their lives
| Some wanted clotAlng. others something else.
| A. the hle frightened them away from these
| iadders, they
RUSHED TO THE WINDOWS
| 1T the south gable end, ncarl: ca feet from tue
| ground, bat dared not jump down. Cotton
ropes were put ou. for them to 4lido down by,
UHt Ho ouoHtE HUEiQ Eopc Da lONCrE1 l020
there Was ru1h for i: from below. Too many
woIld take hold, when 1t would break, ant al
| cln=nG to it ond como down in ! bl.nc.l.
| similar scenes we're going Oh u the mule spin
in9-r2oln- The flames had asccnded rapidly to
the entrance Of tile tower on the fourth floor
| cutting of their means OF escape but the ope-a-
tlves lad two ladders Of the south gable directly
Cefore tue:n. aud wsre ur.el by tha oy-rseers
and citizens below to take item. Some id, bur
others rushed headloug upon the balcony and
RI irrr
There ample time for every one to have
been saved bad the glrlA taken the coursa di-
rectod.
The Superintendent. as soon ~ the alarm Was
given, 'nhhea to tie upper story. and, with the
%yeTscc1s. did all possible to rave ilfe. When
the cane provided for esca{e in tie mill were
rendered unavail-b!e by heat, hamte, and smoke,
tho people procured
BEDS AND MATTRESSES FOR THE POOR uSFoRTu-
MATES TO JUMP UpDx.
and mnny did throw themselves from windows
to- in almost every case receive fatal or terrible
INJURIES.
Tile tircmcn worked to keep tlu flames out OF
the south end, whittier niany operatives mad
fed. Ladders. long at command. were used
rescue the girls, aid it eAtd that four fire.
men lost tlleir lives while this engaged. One
tlielnau was lowered from rIe ro0l by brother
ircmcn into tho building, and remained SO long
trying to drive girls forth that he Ind to be let
20 by these who held his rope, driven away b.
tds smoke. and he WAS lost.
GOEGCEs AND HOSPITALS
were speedily iIlE.ro2ieed the Mission Chanel
being taken for tho latter. and AZ fast AZ tie
girls could he picked flom under the windows Of
ti,c mill etretc,ern were ready 10 carry ,hc1n to
either Chapel or Central Station. 1T tbs later
place Twenty-Five bodies vera soon ling. md
other unfortunatcs had been tascn to a:ation. OF
to homes. Lii n;.1?-tr Of Instances bodies could
not bD recognized they were uI&Igureu, Ee-
griuled aud ditt~coyered In Mission Chapel
we're thore
WHOSE sCFFEn1sGs WE'RE INTENSE.
Every :c:or III tho city ,ya5 eunlrn ,ned at
tie ca1lics, ,ate,;t Il is not too Ljri, to pfncc
the number killed az forty. aud tbe t,iurel 1t
twice taat number.
TAe ire was under control shortly before half
past 8. Then the entire roof n;:d not fallen in.
i1or had tic walls crumbled mrcil below the
caves Of the rolth SIDE The flames lad been
kept almost wholly out Of the building south OF
tilth doors was left' % Tne re roof fl nvrth nth Of tie tie
tower tell in, and TO- with it the to;s of the
gablc-cnd wall, d Eo!tion Of the fifth floor nnd
third stor5. The cariiuG and two wearing floors
remained iutact
Tie Granlto Mills have been for sometime
ruu1juc On Iull time md turn out 5 OOO pieces
nj ptnt- tn Der vcc; and /: ih enrnnspd thn1 A
CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF sToc6
,a ruined either b" lire or water aud smoke, A
larsc unouut of machinery is also rendered use
l,ss. prinrin:lly. however that in tha two u,,rcr
eturics ihD mott tx ccuAi}e ii sill rp,1 3tH
;ha errine. and hn,Icrs mr., urn;rr.I rTIie in.
purauce. it ID therefore cxpcctcd. will cover all
less 10 the prorcrtr, It is rcpoE,ed. however.
that lie walls viii uaye to Io taken tlowo as th;
granite of which the building vaa co,,st, ,ic:cd il
Cracked hy heat Work in tn. other 1nil;. aas
sI;eprudcd. that tbs operatives MIGHT assist in
the rescue of their co-iaborcrs. Two ana three
members Of one family ara in several instances
among the noU iucunulete li.1s IF killed Un1,ud-
ed, aud missing.
srArcMExr or An EYE-wrrScss
julia Cpuey states that when size first Lcprl
the alarm Of ire. nca,~ co|,,nus ot an,o;a u,,,h:
through the slool-1oon HuYr. Tbs crowd of
little c,1]dtcn surrounded the oycra.er. and yith
him 1u.hcd for tho +ta;,cnse Int thev we-e
forced hack by the tIancs. Then ali made fc1
tho cIevaTcr hrt j, wnnIl not wor]. A: tia
iuucturo tic ieapinr from, tI,a windows CON-
n7cnre1 nu:ulcr IF man j, this r,om hanoo
,1nco;lno a ,,c rms IN lar ia o1rr.
cratiyes to tbn 1ernnnd Several ,yero
landed in safoIv. w,,.n H wa. burned ~
TWENTY-FIVE feet from tile rround- Tho smo|:o
had become so drneo that 1Josc who rc1na,re,1
crowded to the willdouy Tor tic. S51e, ieapipc
head foremost. were killed, Others. yuifocat.I
fe!l back and periehed in the tlamcs,
AID TESpEnEy.
Tcle.rams have been received from Gov