Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-05-28
EASTERN DISPATCHES.
DoMEsTIo NEWs.

SPECIAL 70 RE seLp Ill pAnr Hsv,
NEWS.
Legal Enhsssisr Apprshssdsd.
BosroS. May 2s.-Abrahsm Jackson
tho lawyer charged with forgery an
defalcation To the extent Of eight hun
dred dollars. has arrived In charge Of
detective. He denies his guilt.
The caiaaity ~ Hslysks. Nass.
sPnmoyrsLD. Mas. May 2s.-In
tense excitement prevailed last night I,
Holyoke eentsring. opposite The church
at which the DISASTROUS irs occurred
and at various points TO which TIL
burned were carried. Wild efforts wsr
made by people to rush psll.msll int
the burning building 70 rescue friends,
and It was with much difficulty that they
wsro kept back. This was particular
ly tho ease with parents who
on tho Arst impulse, rushet
from the church to save their own lives,
but remembering they had left children
behind TO perish returned i~mpstuously
Actual personal violence had TO DO used
In several cases to keep women back,
All about the streets, men, women and
children were watching and pitsously In.
curing II their friends had been saved
Ono woman was positive hor husband
hal persisted, and could only DO quictcd
by tho assurance from q friend that be
had just been walking with him. One
Of tho most touching cases was that OF
two little girls, about - years Of ago.
who rushed for tho entrance OF the
building whilo the fire was at It's highth.
thinking to find their father and mother
who were within. They could only DO
restrained by ii officer, who took them
in his arms. It is q disputed question
whether both the front doors Of the
building were available for escape.
There are those who state positively
that one OF them was closed and that II
was impossible to open 1t, on account OF
the crush. Ono man went 10 tho door,
and. aourishing q club. threatened vio.
lsnce to any n who came near, In or.
dor to get the crowd away. but without
success. Others stato as positively that
both doors wsro open. The Church
was established about seven
years ago. and Father Duiresno had boen
tho only pastor. The parish included
all French Catholics Of tho city, whose
number Is estimated at 1900 persons.
The church was erected in 1870, entirely
Of pine, was about 100 feet by 60. two
with galleries on the sides and
north ond. and about 90 feet wide.
There were two DOOR in the north end.
aud q vestibuls from which two doors
into the body OF tho church.
The galleries opened into the vestibule.
At the rear end thoro was another
door by which q few persons escaped.
immediately upon the breaking out Of
Tho flames. all occupants Of the galleries
to the east door. and falling
upon ono another. checked up the door
way with their bodies piled In all ways,
seven or eight deep. Here, most Of the
livos wero Lost. From this mass. Chief
rescued M young womsn after
takon OF two dead bodies from
above her. The Chief. and Others, had
their clothes almost burned from them.
aud were badly burned about the hands.
In the roar Of the church was tho
Priests residence, which was also do
Tho walls wcro pulled down
after tho fire was nearly put out. One
woman jumped from the highest window
DOWN upon the front steps, breaking
her arm. A man with two children In
his arms. jumped from o window and
II is not quite certain that
III the bodies have been taken from the
Anethcr Account.
NKw YoRx, May ga special from
.olyokc. Mass. gives later details Of
Tho appalling church accident. Last
night. Mt 10 o'clock. 30 doad bodies were
IN Mowatt's store. 70 In the schoolhouse
and two at another house. The work Of
recovering bodies from tho ruins was
all night. Al midnight 81
mostly INT and children. had
D,en recovered. Rev. A. d. Duirozns
through a side door. Tho
genes in tho church were horrible past
description. Tho corner Of the gal.
cry fell in and was found piled
'ull OF mangled and dismsmbsrsd
II Is probable the exact number
II lost will not be known for some days.
Il Is estimated that about ssvonty-fvo
persons persisted, and q list Of forty in
jured Is also published, which includes
Chief Mullen. Of the Fire Department.
;. A. Dufrezne. brother Of the pastor.
Many Of the injured arc dying. Nelly
Lapisrro and her mother. and o child
named Bridget, arc missing. and sup.
posed to 10 in the ruins. The majority
II the dend are still unidentified.
Rseoversd Her Property.
Omaha, May 28.-Madsms Ristori.
he celebrated aetross. who 10 OH her
way to California, arrived In this city
asst evening. Upon her arrival she re.
,Oivcd a telegram from tho Chief Of Po-
leo in St. Louis, stating that a number
II diamonds belonging 70 her had been
recovered. Tho telegram was the first
Ristori had OF her loss, and
shs found upon examining her trunks
hat sho had been robbed. lii sup
noued tbov warn al,slractad from her