Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-29

! who was burned past all recognition ant
/ blind. Somehow she found her way t,
/ the hill north OF the church, and wan
dered around there about twenty min
utes before she Was found and taken 4
her home, where she died about clever
o'clock this morning, having Hngere'
about fifteen hours in fearful agony
The fate Of Ammeno SpenseT and he
lover was q touching event of the fire
She was OTganist FOR the evening, in thu
absence of the regular one, and was eu
off from escape when the church ws'
burned. Her lover escaped, but as she
was within the church he returned, anC
being overcome with the flames he per
ished with her.
The latest revised figures concerning
the losses by the HoiyOke disaster give
seventy-One fatally burned, twenty-five
otherwise burned, and twenty-sever
wounded. OF the seventy-One dead
fifty-five are females and sixteen are
males.
THE EXPLOSION AT BOSTON.
BOSTON, May 26.-Tbe widest excite,
ment prevailed among the immense
crowds Of people present as the dead and
wounded were being taken from the
luli1Ss n AhASS IOlCo VI DOilCC hCpI OADh
the pOpulace. The adjoining buildings
are more or less shaken and damaged
from the effects of the explosion.
The second floor of Dawes's building
was occupied by l.. d. Frazier, merchant
tailor, who, with a workman, were taken
out slightly injured. The next room
back was occupied by Mrs. Lizzie Frazier
and her little daughter. The latter died
n fol
was severely, but not dangerously, in
jured. The third floor was occupied by
DR.. Richardson, and he is not accounted
fOr.S AnOtherroOm by Madame E. Lille,
clairvOyant, and her husband, who
were both saved, but q brother of the
husband, who lived with them, is
was occupied by Anna Compton,
a widow lady, who had num-
Der Of shOp-girls boarding with her.
but none OF the girls have been account
ed for. In addition to the above, the
following have been taken from the
Park, in dying condition; Mr.. Daniel
s. Frazier, not seriously injured; Mrs.
Lille Hersey, not seriously injured; !;
l4VllIS NaluhC1 anu llti iiCLlG SOll1 HOt
seriously injured; Mrs. w. A. Coffin,
not seriously injured; John J. Mahony,
probably fatally injured; Morris Acker-
man, IN dying condition; f. Arley,
skull fractured and otherwise injured;
John A. StetsOn, slightly injured; Ja-
cob Walls, badly cut; Martha Louden
occupied au apple-stand on the corner;
she was blown into the street, and had
oV,
Tey was badly cut; Samuel Farwell,
street, badly injured. Miss Lizzie Get
ney was rescued with great difficulty;
slight injuries. The above embraces the
at this late hour. 1t is difficult to
building proper is about forty
thousand dollars. In view of the terrific
explosion and general shaking Of the
buildings, it is thought that
the losses will aggregate one hundred
thousand dollars. Various theories are
advanced as to the nature Of the eXplO-
sion, but nothing as yet is definitely
known. The most plausible idea, and
that most generally accepted, is that it
was the gas generator in the cellar that
exploded. 1t is asserted, however, there
was no nitrO-glyceriDe in the house, and
that no other substance could nave
caused such an instantaneous demolition
Of the building. The dead rody of James
NJ. Frawley, book agent, has been taken
rom the ruins. Other bodies are thought
10 be there. There is a large force still at
work. The ruins are lighted by power
iul calcium lights.
THE ACCIDENT ON THE MUR-sEvEN-
TY-sIX PERSONS DROWNED.
LONDON, May PA special dispatch
10 the Times from Vienna says dread
iul accident has CcccTred on the river
MnT, at the town OF Judenburg, pro-
vince Of Tyrol. A ferrybOat, having on
lo2rd number OF Catholic pilgrims, en-
'OUte to visit the shTines on the other
Iide of the Muir from Judenburg, sunk
Il the middle of The stream. Fifty-nine
If the pilgrims sTe known to have been
aveG, but seVenty-siX are missing, all
If whom are believed to be drowned.
The LIVER Muir, on which the sad and
atIl accident hiss just occurred to
he melnE3IJ of band OF Catholic pill
,IIms, is an important river of the Aus
Iian empire. 1t takes its rise in Sslz-
Jurg, traverses the territory Of Styria
brOug ghOut and joins the waters of the
Or3ve, in Hungary, twenty-five miles
asst of WaTasdin, alter having travelled
. sOutheasterly course of two hundred
md thirty miles in length. The above
lamed town, near to which the Catholic |
,ilgrims perished in the river Muir, is |
ituated on the Muir, forty miles west |
northwest Of GratZ. 1t ranked next In |
to GrstZ previous to its de- |
tIuct,On by fire in the year 1907. 1t |
lPg been rebuilt In modern style. Sew
raj churches, Jesuit college, and an |
ncient castle were preserved from the |
Iames. The new castle of Lichten- !
tein-where Rn srmistice was signed |
With the great Napoleon in 1881 |
tands near at hand. The population |
umbers about three hundred persons.
HE SCHILLER DIsAsTER-AFFECTI |
INCIDENTS.
LONDON, May 12.-Mrs. Christine |
'oeIs, the only lady saved from the |
chilleT, having recovered somewhat |
rom the shock on her nervous system, |
elates TO lady correspondent the fol- |
owing incidents OF the shipwreck: She |
aid among the passengers was a lady |
yhO had beautiful little boy; he was
pet on board, and would be
cen playing all day long with his
lOther or other ladies and gentlemen.
iter the steamer had struck the rock,
nat lady, with her boy in her arms,
lshed frsntically upon deck, and fell
pom her knees before q sailor. "Save
ne and my child, for Gods sake, save
S! l am rich, immensely rich-save
De, aud thou shalt be wealthy ana
yithOut cares forever. L will give thee
nOugh for all thy life. Thou need not
e sailor then-Only save me and my
hild." A big wave swept over the deck
nd carried away the rich mother, her
eautiful child, and the poor sailor.
mother lady passenger on board the
.eamer had little girl about
lree years old, who looked like an an
el. The mother, being mostly seasick,
'ould not allow any body to take the
Iild away out OF her sight. Many Ia
les offered to play with the child on
eek, but the mother always objected,
n the ground that the child might be
urt or even fall overheard through
or oversight. Her child in
le water! The bare idea would already
lake her mad. When the catastrophe
anne the mother rushed on deck with
eT child on her arm and at once jumped
Ito the sea. The idea Of seeing her child
! the water had made her mad. Mrs.
Oens further said: "We had a great
lany handsome children on board,
hose gayety amused everybody, and
lOugh childless myself, it almost
reaks my heart to think that not one
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