Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-10

NOIo ldhCI UOtIO OGlOb tshchA ~
could be learned. The bodies of the
dead we're soon identified by friends.
At the station house a heart-rending
scene was presented. The people III
the body of the church were quoted
and dismissed in an orderly manner.
New YORK, March 8.
At the time of the alarm last yer
ing in st. Francis Xavier Church,
which resulted so disastrously, Father
Langiacke was preaching on hell and
the horrors of the damned. and as the
preacher was predicting the torrents
of purgatory, a young Woman in the
corner of the gallery, overcome by hel
feelings, tainted and gave utterance to
historical scream, startling the wor.
shippers and causing them to spring
| 60 their feet. The next moment SOME
reckless person cried fire. and this
gave rise to a panic. Father Langiacke
implored the people to keep their seats
as there was no cause for alarm
Father Merrick. the pastor, heard
screams and rushed into the sanctuary
He called upon the congregation tc
keep their seats, as there was NO fire.
The congregation was dismissed and
the orgpn began to play. The women
in the main body of the church and
gallery passed out in an orderly man
ner. People occupying that portion OF
The gallery where the commotion had
begun and centered rushed toward the
exit from the gallery, and, almost
crazed with fear, pushed and fought
their way into the marrow stairway
leading to Sixteenth street. The stair
way is but four feet wide and within
three or four steps of the bottom makes
a sharp turn before it reaches the vesti-
bule. The crowd of maddeued wo-
men rushed down stairs and would
probably have all reached the street in
safety, bat at the bend in the stairway
an aged and very stout woman fell
headiong down stairs. Before she
could regain her feet the frantic crowd
pressed on toward the vestibule and
came upon the PROSTATE form, and
those in the foremost ranks fell upon
her. In n moment the passageway
was choked and II scene of the wild
est confusion and most intense excite
ment ensued. The crowd in the real
pressed on with almost Irresistible
force, and nothing could be done to
stop their advance. The crazed wo.
men fought their way towards the
choked-up stairway, %trampling upon
those who had fallen in front and
crushing the life out OF them. They
screamed and fought like maniacs, and
every effort 10 hold them back so that
the stairway could be cleared was OF
no avail. Father Whyte and several
other priests who were in the church
p~arlors at the time the panic occurred,
rushed round to the front of the
church and, assisted by patrolmen, by
main force dragged out some of the
women who were lying on the stairs
A number of ome were then got
out alive and only slightly injured in
the struggle for life. They were al.
most denuded Of their clothing. As
the priests and police, aided by a mum
Der of citizens, made their way up the
staircase, they found lying OF the step,
four other women and a small boy
These were taken out to the open air
but lite was found to be extinct. One
woman, Mrs. Forbes, was brought out
alive and apparently not much in
jured. She walked with the assistance
of the police to a drug store on Sixth
avenue, near Sixteenth, where she ex
PRED in a few minutes.
The Ashtabuln Bridge Case.
CLEVELAND, o., March 9.
Following is a portion OF the state
ment of the Coroner's Jury in thu
Ashtabula bridge case: 1t is, from Il
careful consideration of evidences ellie
tied from professionals and experts
that our verdict is made up in the mat
ter OF the bridge, and should it seen
severe uron the railway company OF
any of its past or present officials, ii il
because the truth, as shown by evi
deuce, demands it at our hands. W.
can not do less, and we feel that W,
have discharged u duty. Ama.;
Stone, president of the company at tn.
time of the erection of this structure
had been for years a prominent ant
successful railroad contractor ant
builder of wooden Howetrnss bridges
with the undoubted intention of build
ing strong, safe and durable wrough
iron bridges upon the Howe truss
plan. He designed this structure, die
tated the drawing OF plans and tb'
erection of the bridge without the ap
proval OF any competent engineer ant
against the protest of the man VIII
made the drawings under Mr.. Stone'
direction, and assuming the entire re
sponsibility himself. The testimon,
of skillful engineers is that subjectin,
an iron bridge to severe strain as
test before using it in carrying on thu
traffic of a railway, is Of no value a
showing its ability to bear repeated
strains. 1t only shows that it bore thu
test that time, and it may have per
manently crippled it, Sc that its tina
failure was only a question of time
That the officials of the railroad re
garded the bridge as safe we have M
doubt, as Two of them were on tn
train that went down and all wer
more or less frequently passing
| over it.
Appointments or Standing an,
Other Committees In the Sen
ate-Etc.
SENATE.
! WASHINGTON, March 8.
Sargent submitted a resolution tina
the Senate appoint standing and othe
committees. Agreed to. He also sub
mitted a resolution to suspend the rul
requiring the appointment of com
mittees to be made by ballot. Agreed
to.
Standing and select committees wer
then announced as follows:
On Privileges and Elections-Mor
| ton Chairman. WadIeigh