Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-03-09
Senator Conkling Makes n Dash
ut Blaine.
AND s0M hwHAr DAMPENs HIN
ASPIRATIONS To LEADER.
SHIP IN THE SENATE.
[srscrAL DISPATCHES to THE GoLp I'LL
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f5rncfAL pisrArcuEs To THE UoLD HILL
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Disastrous Panic In n Church.
Nxw YoRK. March s.-A panic in the
Church Of Saint Francis Xavier. on Six
tssnth street. near Sixth avenue. to-
night caused arush Of women from one
Of the galleries. and In the tunult which
ensusd six m and n boy were
tramped under foot and killed. The
audience was composed entirely Of
women and children. it being the wo.
mems week in Lent. The number Of
persons could not ascertained.
Nrw YoRx. March 9.-At the time Of
the alarm last evening in st. Francis
Xavier Church. which resulted SO dis
~astrously. Father Langiacke was preach.
ing ON "Hell and tho Horrors Of the
Damned" and as no was picturing the
torrents Of ~purgatory, n young woman
In the corner Of the gallery. overcoms
BY her feelings. tainted and gave utter
ance to n hysterical scream. startling
the wonshippers and causing them to
spring to their'feet. The next moment
some reckless person cried out fire."
and this gave rise TO the panic. Father
Langiacks implored the people 10 keep
their seats. as there was no cause for
alarm. Father Merrick. the pastor.
heard the screams aud rushed into the
sanctuary. He called upon the congre.
CATION to keep their seats, rs there was
no are. The congregation was dis.
missed and the organ began to play. The
women in tho main body OF the church
passed out in an orderly manner. The
people occupying that portion OF the
gallery where the commotion had begun
and the central part. rushed toward the
exit from tho gallery. and almost crazed
with fear. pushed and fought their way
into the narrow stairway leading to Six
tesnth street. This stairway is but four
feet wide. and within three or four steps
Of tho bottom makes q sharp turn be-
fore II reaches the vcstibuls. Ths crowd
Of maddensd women rushed down the
stairs, and would probably all have
reached the street in safety. but Mt the
bend in tho stairway an aged and very
stout woman fell headlong down stairs.
Before she could regain her feet the
crowd pressing on toward the vestibule.
came upon her PROSTATE form, and those
in the foremost ranks fell upon her. In
q moment the passage way was choksd
and q scene Of the widest confusion and
most intense excitement ensued. The
crowd in the rear pressed Oh with al
most irresistible force, and nothing
could 10 done to stop their advance.
The crazed women fought their way
toward tho checked up stairway. tramp
ling upon those who had fallen in front
and crushing tho life out Of them. They
screamed and fought like maniacs, and
every effort to hold them back. no that
the stairway could be cleared. was OF no
avail. Father whyts and other priests
who were in tho church parlors at the
time Of the panic. rushed round to the
front OF the church. and. assisted by
patroimen. by main force dragged out
some Of the women who were lying on
the stairs. A number Of women were
then got out alive aud only slightly in-
jured. In the struggle for life they were
almost denuded OF their clothing. As
the priests ami police, aided by a num-.
Der Of citizens. made their way with
difficulty up the staircase. they found
lying OH the steps four other women
and . small boy. These were taken out
10 the open air. but lifc was extinct.
One woman, Ann Forbes, vas brought
out alive and apparently not much in
iursj. She walked, with the assistance
Of the police. to a drug store on Sixth
avenue near Sixteenth street. where she
expired In q few moments.
Tho bodies Of the dead were identified
a. follows: Mary Casey. Of 800 West
Eighteenth street; Ann Spencer and
Michael Spencer. Of 50 Ninth avenue;
Mary Coughlan. 200 West Tweaty.tfth
street; Eliza Masterson. i0s Seventh
avenue; Aun Forbes. 81 West Nine
tenth street.
At the station.houss n heartrending
scene wa presented.
This morning. in the st. Francis Ma
visr Church. where the calamity OF last
night happened. a solemn a OF re.
QUEEN was offered for the dead aud
prayers said for the speedy recovery, Of
the wounded.
hitter Oppesisien 20 schars.
wAsuIsuroS, March s.-Last nights
outlook regarding the confirmation Of
the Cabinet appointments has not mate
rally changed to-day. except. perhaps.
in the case Of Schurz, against whom OPP
position seems to be gaining some ad-
ditionL strength. The twsnty-siI votes
against confirming Sherman as Secretary
Of the Treasury were cast by the Dem
ocrats in evidence Of their disapproba-
ton Of his extreme views and recent
radical utterances concerning Southern
Affairs. Some Democrats advocate OPP
position to Evarts' confirmation on sim
liar grounds. and also charge that he was
. party to alleged intriguss by which