, 1877-03-12

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woman clad IN black threw l,crac1f nn Tic next
l,otly. Her rn,,ain WHO, Though crying md
sohbtng, was more eompoac,', said that thu sleal
woman was Mrs. Ann Forbes. Shortly attcr.
woman, snyimg' 1sho's my mother, gentlemen.
officers, to make room for others. Ths remain
ss;t2s sg s II, 5 s sssi i z yYE .E hGGs e % sn nss &c
plaid. rehIanetl nnretogntzcd.
FATHER rENnER1NAsT,
ono Of tho assistant priests Of et. .Ftancfs
crasi, occurred. lie said that bir. Jntnes Dow,,
tho scxton, was in the body VI the church., and
hurried 70 ahc exit at Sixteenth street. Every
nnc Of thc eleven e1l.s WIS ope9; sa.a AZ snon ns
hurried to tho front entrance to the church to
render assistance. lie met a fire conpany COM
ing down tic street from Fifth avenue and lie
told the foreman tint there was no. fire. .1la
the excitement. Tie fornmnt COMPLIED. Tho
pantc was over In two or three minutes, aud thu
church services wcto continued, cloatng With
In liz HIN story Of tho college in tue rear OF
FATHER LANocAKE
was seated In liA narrow bedroom ut q smaIl
d as;S 15 s;5''"s' when tho s"" reporter entered
wa ~, seont aaaf;tss Past 81 's FSths,
blessing The bends, and ta'! begun nv sermon
VH JlCA1 N!N ktutHs 1HG tEAA hAa u bHN VuC,
and the audience, composed Of about twenty
f1vc hundred persons. sat very still, hnd wcFc
evidently imrresscs!. Ind Just referred to tho
suddcnneAs 0f deatf--how It conavA upon us
was drawn to 'woman's apparently heart
breaking alRh proceeding from tls Sixth avg
nue. side Of tho body Of tho church. Then thu
ss Piercing e Ses 1, Of chi ehls votea prks *,
TINT of lltttc QUO, awaktng from q Sleep for
Il sail, Matntna! mammal Thcn another
voice erclaimcl, Firoi tirel' Ttcro seemed to
bb M immediate raising OF tho large audicnco
on the west atde Ut tho Church. Immediately
approached the rhnnccl gatcs, md, In rs assllr'
ill1 q voice ns could command nt tho lnomtnt,
saiL: Ny good fFein!a, ali down, II Is only
nldrees, for tho large majority Of the peofle
still retained their seats. But suddenly there
was
ApBArEH1ra foAn,
Father Mcrtque quietly CAME up to ING and said:
brother, you had better soy the banedlctlon.
There ts panic, and VIC ara taking means 10
sl,ost, aud then ID low tones said tho benodIc-
uon. Thu people bowed their hcn{la, and Bone
prepared to rlse, but Father Minister i!atl gone
up 10 tile choir, and, as tho bencdIetton was
concluded, tho organ burst cut In q grand To
ncum, Then several women Gatllercl ut tho
0ntcs, md IN pltoous tones said, 'Fat1,cr,
father, where is the lrot' I nsaurcd them that
there was mono, md they MI Walked out quietly.
Langcako added, "qA looked ever thnt vass
sea OK faces, spirit cauo over MIC OF more than
ordinary assuraaee. Sometimes wlicn n CHURCH
y lled !oa cannot hSp M feeling alarmed at G lY
mono OF tint fecling-uono but one Of security"
lAIBs COLLINS,
Dtstrict-Tcfcgraph messenger, said Tint lie ar
rived as thu churrl. few minutes after thu
alarn, WIS sounded. rhoro wero about flfly
persons gatl,crcl in front Ut the entrance in
Sixteenth street. Tho llrctncn wcro running
down tho street from Fifth avenue, antl they
and not Increase lilo excitement. Collins WIS
sono OF the tlrst to 70 inside OF tho church. 1Ie
found tho bodies lying In tho vcstI1ule. at tho
foot Of Tho gallery winding.stairs. Tho body u
'oX x" assistant sSxt5n I nan nalned kennedy says that
after the east gallery, wiIlrh he was watching,
the women, who wcro iraniically enleayoring
through tho west passage. As many as 100
women, oven as lato u ttat, wcro Squeezing
ftito tho narrow passaEc. They would listen to
no reason, md took counsel only OF their fears.
Painting women, he says, were Lett IN tic atstcs
utter tliose moro sturdy lind reached the street.
TAr1tEn TniEnnr,
panic n,nong sncl, material could only end
| frlitlcssly. Wilun he entered the body Of tie
church those there seated seemed to be attend
| Ing to the words OF the prcncher. ehrcks wcro
tho women were all listening 10 thetn. Tho rem
exits leading Into tho college were opened, and
priest and acolytc guided tho women toward
Ss FesSG @as 81 e
street loora. Nevertheless, lnAny r., tainted In
pIc1 tue attention Of tho fathers, and they saw
lts, front md rear, from thu cntrrl., Father
Thierry sail, lad boon constructed since the It,
Andrews disaater, with. view to meet tlu