The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-09

cred with n shawl OF small black and white
Father Pendergrast. ono OF tho assistant
priests OF st. Francis Xxavier's parish. was
near the altar when tho crash occurred. IIo
the body OF the church. and hurried to the exit
atSixtcenth street Every, one Of the eleven exits
What RS9 SS rSn
trance to the church. 70 render assistance. He
met fire company coming down the street
his compsny. and SO alay the Excitement, The
% and ThS g gsRRS sRhrcgS ssSs in y
continued. closing with the benedicton.
=, In the nth story Of the college in the rear Of
narrow bedroom at a small desk studying,
when the Sun reporter entered at 10 80.
ABOUT us pass s rqheT Lang
III Hell Ynd' and Death The text was sad Y" one H'
Ave hundred persons. sat very still. and were
evidently Impressed. / had Just referred 10 the
sSddcnness Yi dcathhoSy it comes upon us
was drawn TO a womans apparently heart
breaking sigh pr9cesdng from tCn oh. the Sixth sys,
the shrill piercing notes q chld's voice
broke tbe. stiffness IN the church, and
il seemed IKE that Of little one, owakinpg from
snotSeet SSe W voice S s eS;amed. Fre aTei' There
seemed to bean immediate raising Of the large
mediately approached The chanceI gates. and
mand at the moment said: NV good friends,
] then continued my address. for the large ma
l2r,ty 81 the people stu Te,a,ned their s-ats
Pspe 3 ss nsI" snd hen sr
brother. You had better Say the benediction.
MEANS mesns to Sayps pan al GPs Re DC doors opSha Sa
] closed my address short. And then In low
tones said the bcnedcton. The, people bowed
tl.4tr nd mrs Ia nj
Father Minister had gone up TO the choir, and
as the benediction WIS concludcd the organ
%omcD Dus sSesa sTG' at the he sSs % nd In pou
tones said. Father. father. where ia the fireP !
assured them that there was none, and they all
to- night" >" Father Langcake added. as Hooked
over that vast sea OF faces "A spirit came over
me OF more than ordinary assurance. Some
times when a church is filed you cannot help
feeling alarmed at the chances ~ panic, To-
night, however. / had none OF that feeling
james Collins, District Telegraph mcssen-
ger, sud that he arrived az the church a few
minutes after the alarm was sounded. There
wore about lny persons gathered IN front Of
the entrance in sixteenth street. Tho nrcmrn
were running down the street from Fiith aye;
nu'. and they were met 10y priest who nsk".l
them to stop and not lnrrcas" th" excitement.
Collins was onr col the iltst 10 70 ms lie ot the
tibule.'at the foot of the winding gallery stairs.
/ The body of Mary Coughin was the first ono
picked up; yoeng sif. WI iyins near heri -,
Aiter the east gallery, which b" WAS watching
was cleared. ho crossed and "nleA,orri 10 dui4i
To- climb over heads and hudics tp "Seap" through
the west passage. ~ many as luo Woms Il, even
a. lat ~ TINT. were squeezing into the narrow
passage. They would listen to no reason. and
took counsel only oi their fears, Painting wo-
men. h" says, wers l"it IN the aisle alter those
moro -fur,N had r,a he'd tho street
Father Thirrrv. a French priest. SAYS that nt-
i'nIt- tn stay such n pnni' amuns sn'h ma
t"rnl could only .end iruitlessly. When h.
ed seemed to bee attending to the words of tn
pr'a'ner Shrleks were drownins e.
/ rear exits lcading into the college were opened
and priest and a'olyte guided the women TO
against those seeking escape by the Sixteenth
street doors. Nevertheless. many tainted IL
their seats. and some in tl!a aisles. lhes'
and they saw little of what transpre,
outside. The nine exits. front and rear iron
| the church. Father Thierry said had been con
/ siruo"d sin tho St. Andrews dis lster. with
/ view to nert u" emergency of sudden and com
/ inad. iuury OF prrrautinn when women w"r'
| thrfrilhf mod p"r- ans. S'ill the Father though
the fact that only those IN the west gallery were
Injured WIS u subject for hearty thanklulnr-s
ina-niuch gs the others were III nearly Us grea
ST much over yoar ago, in the season o
I"ni. a sermon ON Hell and brnth was il
process of delivery in IT. Anlr"ws Church. II
/ nuau. street. 4 sudden crush WIS heard. nn'
/ the terrified congregation looked NJ and saw
that the roof on the west side Of the builiin.
hal boon crushed in The priest was at th'
/ most solemn point of his cNhorintinn. and WA
/ pointing oui the insecurity Of LIT" as ia" crlsl
/ came. By tnnt accident eleven lives were lost
Tie sermon last evening ia ST. Francis Aav!crl
WAS ON the same ~UlIrrt.
Warden O'Rnurke. Drs. Dishrow, Greene
! Hoil"nhDH X. rnd Griswlld responded t. IN
summons sent tp Bellevue Hosp tul for nwhu
/ Ian rS. They sgii thrt when they r"H'h"d th
/ church the crowd un the street was v'rv Er"n
and very much excited. 60 We iouui,. th"
4 said. the bodies of six women ani one boy a
the adjoining stable and IA dfug store IA ) XII
7 avenue. There wrr" no marks on tho nn.' JOS
they appeared - have been crushed. Their
were none wounded whose conrl,tlon made
necessary 10 take them to the hospital.
In Mrs Pu'nam's hoardin. hou7",W ~ l27 fift
avenue. are two of her srrvuni-, Maggie MUIR
ply and Ellen kooney who were injured Il
the crush. They started out with IN
rest and nj the door were thrown dow
and trnmpled upon until horribly brui-r
and Unconscious, they were dragged ont int
The n -h air. and put into "A carriaer. Mnggi
Murphy l~ seriously injured internally, an
four. are entertained that II may prove latalll
one II the first 10 escape from the hnhdin
sail i.iat one woman was brought ont niNr. y
thinks i was MI. spencer. and with MS hel
she walked 10 n drug store ON S!Ath aNchu'
where sue died.