, 1875-05-29
Tho Lint Of Dead and Fatally Wound.
cd Numbers Ninety-Threo.
Heartrending Scenes as Described by
Eye-Witnesses.

44ou lne s4'uten ~ saw '"s'1 o"n .'e'' wv
..as, -. ..s ', ,.., a.o 's. ..."N.a' 49,
"'.u osa'uu " p'!'eu' lotut"oo 'upesuoue9'
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"to.. ~. s4"oa' W Aoep '"o "ol4eu sn s,,,, 90
oeu. .a 1"esa n'eu' "o'uo"' auo ..'.u'sn .'
s ~1o i','oao', '"au.Hs - s"e.'
~. .','..,s. .,u o'uu -A'su. o"o "ouaa ""e po,
s.,.. 10 ".' a.o psl''"su. Ano eoa'.
w.! ". oe au,o!so . ~ .u' @1susahso i1''a 1f'oaa
'A@s w aAu !oss oson "a'A'os VIII ILL.,
~, -, 'o0 's 'ousana euee' -" tna' VI
IVY n'.'s en'a' soout - 5ea'a s,, " aeo' 1mo
..s ~ ~ '.s ..A,.:N,. o's' """o
"as ~ .se ae'sn, 'A."n"e w uto ~ 1s4el
aa,, ~. I =. ' .s..r.; Ill., ~ nnaa" DH. w.. Aa0'
'oa4u on'' oe 1o1lnneu " An o'uees' WHO
1ooK THEM III HIS ARMS.
It Is disputed question whether both Of the
front donrs wera available for e.r,on Thar.
~ ,t,o.s v,o a,,t. oo,it;vs1s th.t ~. =, tt,s
loo.o wv s'A.o 49,. =. 'u1s Wv "a 'oe
ooo1a "aa closoo' ano 1hA1 II WEE '1aposalo'e 10
open It On &coount OF lhe crush. Ono man
went to the cloaed door. and, nouriBhiux club
threatened violence to any one Who should coma
nt.r In ordor h ut Inn c,o.xd ,..v Int ..itb.
"e' - e ~ NV 'N'" """!' w. "s
ont auccehd. Other" state ~ positively that
both doors HeEc open.
THE CHURCH
rhn church soci,tv v,a established .ho,t
,,x.n ,a..as W. sns E,.,,ss n.,srs".,s.a
she only paator. Tho parish included al tho
French Catholics Of the city, whoAe nunabe. ia
estimatod a, from 1000 to 2, 200 peruons. The
church vas or+ctea in 1s7n rntirc1r a, rim, w,s
@pou' W. iee' 'ops W W "ioe' t"o n'os'es n'ea
With galleries on the aidea and tho north end
about rs feat wide. There rete sro door. in
tne north and and tho Yeatibu1o. from which tvo
49,. .r.n.a ;n,o ~. tod. =, H. ,,.,,.s,, NJ
oov's opeasa .uIu no oas ~ .us s'u'u lne
saaef'os openoa 'n.o iho 'estIpn1S* A. @he rear
and whs another door, BY nhch fow persons
escapod.
Immediately upon the brcsk;ur out of tho
~, ., - 49, ~.
a*ass' ~. ~" os'"pAa'S ~ '"e s"ns4'en sa4noo
to the caat door. and. falling npon oue aoothcr,
chokod up tho doorway with thelt bodies, piled
in III ways.
SEVEN on EIGHT DEEP.
Hero most Of the lives wcro lost. Tron this
mass Chitf Mullen RESCUED ono young woman,
after having taken of two dead bodtes from
above her. The 'Chiof aud others had their
clothea almoat burned from them, and wote badly
burned about the hands.
In the rear OF tho church Wac tie pIiests resi-
lence, which WAS nlso destroyed. The walls
were pulled down Aftor the fro was nearly pnt
Ono woman jumped from tho highest window
down upon tue front stops, breaking her arm.
A mau, With two children In his arms, jumped
frum window aud escaped.
Ono poor wotnan envoloped In flames,
shricIcd out, "For Coda sake, uavo ma!* 1od
sho wss dragged out.
Ths latest dispatch to sho Republican, from
Holyoke SAYS: ait IL no. quite certain TINT I'll
the bodies haTo been taken from the ruins. In
thu haste to get a. many ~ possible from The
building before It fell, YeTegal wcro tAken but
short distance aud It Ia poestblc that few mora
may bc t&kon from tho dotrs."
TIE VICTIMS.
8eR1r1K1ELp, Mass., May 23-Noon,-Ihe
| bodies OF fifty poesona who wero burned to
desth at Holyokc, last evening, have been jden-
| titled. In addition 10 those Of fifteen OF twanty
| who ware at onco removed 70 their honea BY
| their friouds Nearly seventy AAYo died and
some forty mora aro moro or lcsa burned OF
otherwise injured.
| the HERO or TIE D1sAsTEn
was John Lynch, . bravo tirenAu, who mas tho
seeno uhen he reached tho burning Church 70
| appalling Wodged light and i.u,uoyaLlo III the
| doo1waye, WAS q dense mass OF humanity, from
ito feet io height, none Of them beng ab'e to
crowd bollind, while upon aud over them sl1set
| OF ba,1o rolled ike q wAys, Btle2r..uH fat cut
| iut, 1l,e open air.
| Without q u,oueus'8 psttse TO consider their
danger, Lynch and Chief Eugineel Mulleu rush
cd into tho lamos spuslcd o:I by tlIs plleoua
| crioy, "Vor Gods BaLo, come uud nslp us I" aud
| bccap pulling ont tho bodies / .nonuut later,
! and q we1l directed lyi.ant atream from tho
sionnt 1Ioyoke hoss struck tho brave rcscuers,
SAVED THEN PROM RING BURNED ALIVE.
Tho arrt persons drawn out were burning, bu,
they vo1o paascd directly through tbs
stream Of water and tho t}sneii wtro o>&lDcutsh.
| ed, Soma Of tho poor creatures fail fa,ptiuv On
the long tlisht OF wooden s1nirs Leading down 70
tho street, anu few wero nblo to walk,
By ths limo tho en,ire Fire Department had
arrived. aud worked With uuc!1 onergy aud will
that, when thu fro vaa c1tinguishad, lie chanetl
wooden walls Of the structure were standing,
mou, ia ofdor that search for the bodies might
be made. Only ycry few momentu, compara-
iur before tho tiro was out, hut The deatsuction
to life during that b1icf period was terribls
soxs sputso YAox 1uE aAllEny w,xpnws
and ware seriously injured, and ous person ap-
roarod At window completely wrapped IL
HANDS, nd, after tot.erinG thore au iretAnt,
foil to tho GROUND dead and uusecogn, liable.
Hundreds Of mon went to wo.E ns soon - 10 on.
,n,suuity wan offered 10 search for bodies. aud =
toreo of police was o1g4nizod to keep back the
largo crowd Which had gathered. The grca.41
nun1bos OF bodtes ware found tn
THE FATAL arAinwAY,
burned; eomo Of tton,, to crisp. The body Of
ouo Of tho women waa found iu tho seat whscI,
she had occupied hsr clothing entirely burned