, 1877-03-12

sobGing We more comeoss co. sa'4 ,ha. TIC 'lsai
my motey liz va. y gen,y 'i1 ea wv by t
officers, to mnkc room fur others, The rcmai,.-
ing boly, TINT Of the young hlon1c, wh!~h VIVA
covered with shawl IF small black and white
plaid, Remained unrecDEnizctl.
FATHER rRNnERGHAaT,
one Of the assistant priests Of st. Ftancs
Xnvers pa5is Tas nen. tT alt1r gn tr
tho sexton, was IN the body of the church, null
hurried TO the exit at Sixteenth street. Every
ono Of the eleven exits WINS opcQ. AS soon MS
are to sha ront sa enrsneo to a to eare 70 te
render assistance. Lie met o fire company COIL
Ing down the street from Fifth nvonue and he
told tho foreman that thcrr wns no fire. liz
III eeseteScat nj The n iosemnn %a so"oi,ed. " r. % Tns
pnnle WIS over In two or three minutes, aud tia
ehu.eh serviccs weto continued, closing with
:. In tic fith story OF tho college in tho rear Of
FATHER LANocAKH
was seated In hia narrow bedroom at a small
de.k studying, when the su" reporter entered
IT wa about a quarter past s,n Father
blessing tho beads, and ] tlatl begun mr. sermon
on Hell M and Death The text yas sad one,
evidently Impressed. / Ind Just referred to tic
suddcnness Of deatll-how, 1t eonics upun TN
ras drawn to . .woa,nr,'s apparently heart.
brcn]ting sigll proceeding from tle Sixth aye-
nne side Of tho body OF tho church. Then tho
a!lrill, piercing notes Of cht1d'e voice broke
tbat q a little ono, awaking from . alccp, fos
1t said, Mammal mammal trhcn another
voice exclaimed, 'Firoi tlror There seemed 10
DO an Immediate raising Of the large at,dicnco
stf f,f
approached the chnnrcl gntcs, and, IN M uasllf.
inR q voice rs l could command ut tho moment,
said: MY good friends, elt down, It Is only a
woman that has faintcd' then continued my
st!il retained their seats. But suddenly there
pHAFRN1na toA1+
o. q people fighting ard screaming. Then
Fothor Merique quietly camo up to mo and said:
brother. you had better soy ule hcnedictlou.
There y panic, and VIC are taking means 10
have al thc doors opcncd.' closed my address
ton Tho people bowed their heads, and some
prepared to rise, but Father Minister had gone
np to the choir, and, ds tho bencdiction ,wns
concluded, tho organ burst out In q grand To
satcs, and IN p!tcous. tones sald, Father,
fathef, where Is the flro1' Insured them that
there was nonc, and they NIL walked out quietly.
Strange as Il may seem tonight" Fatler
sea Of faces, a spirit came over mo Of moro than
ordinary assurance. Sometimes when a churth
fs 1llled you rannot help feeling alarmed at tho
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Dlstrict-TclcEraph messenger, said That l,c mr.
rived at the cl'urcl, few minutes after tho
persons gathered In front Of Tho ontrancc IN
Sixteenth street. Tho lreneu wcro running
down tho street from Filth avcnuc+ and they
wcro met by priest who asked them to stop
ofkntrn
.ono Of tho first to 80 inside Of tho church. Ito
found tho bodies lying In tho vcstlbule, at the
foot ot tho gallery winding.stairs. The body of
Mary Coughlln was tue first ono picked up. A
young girl WaB lying near her.
An assistant sexton named Kennedy says that
after the east gallery, which he was watching,
Was cleared, llo crossed and endcarorel to quilt
tbs 11 .s1 who sas we, i,antiSally hn eudeayoss
through tho west passage. IA many Us 100
women, even aa 1ato Us that. weto squeezing
Into tho narrow passagc. They would listen 10
Fsg o%ea eS a'f s ss fs ases
after those more sturdy Ind reached the street,
FATHER T1lIERRT,
n French priest, says that attempts to stay such
frt1itlcasly. Whom he entered the body of the
church those there seated seemed TO ID attend-
tng to the wonls Of tho preacher. 9hrloks were
drowning tho pEeashcr's voice, and in moment
priest aud acolyte guided tho women towasl
them, thus relieving much of tho pressure
s2est s deo ase NsSssnf fssso y % e sS II
their seats, md some In tho aiales. Thcso occ,l-
pied tho attention Of tho fathers, and they saw
!ttle OF wl'as, tranaptrcd ontsi<lc. Tho lino ex-
Thlerry said, had bcen constructed sInce tho s.
Andrews dtaastcr With view TO meet thu
emergency Of sudden aud common fright. THIS
sad event only showed the lnadcquauy Of pre-
ft1tNFr f,pf4
sons. Still. tho fathor thought tte fact that
only thusu in tho west gallery wero injured Was
u subject for t.oarty thankfulncss, tnasmuch ~
tho others were IN nearly "a great peril.
Lent. @ % se1noa nom on Is Io s"i Il Dsat sS ,snun
proccas Of delivery 10 st. Andrews Church, IN
Duane street. Asutidcn crush was hearl, and
ho tsrsa .aa !ooke up aa ss
hal been crushed in. Tho priest was at tho
most solemn point Of llls exhortation, aud was
pointing nut tho Insecurity of ltlu ~ thu crash
calue. BY that accident
ELEVEN LIVES wEnH LOST.
was un tho same subject.
Warden O'ltouske,, Ilrs. Dlabrow, Greene,
stl.nnlons sent to bellevue llospttal fur ambu.
1anccs. Tiny said That wiIeD they reachud the
cl'urcl, thu crowd on tho ttreet was very great
aud ycry much cxcitcsl.. awe found" /" they
said, 'tllo bodies OF SIX women aud one hoy 10
Sixth avenue. There were no marEs On tho
bodies; they appeared to have been crushed,
Thero were nono wounded whosc condition
n,alu II necessary to tuke them tn tho hospl'
tal."
In Mrs. rutnam'a boarding-l,ouse, ut No. II
Fifth avenue, arc two of her servants, Maggie
In the crush. They started o1tt with tho rest,
and Mt tho door were thrown down aud trpmp|eI
upon, until, horribly bruised and unconscious
they wcro dragged out into tho frcsl, air, aEd
put Into carriage. Maggie Murphy "a serious.
ly injured internally, and Fears une entertained
that Il may prove fatnl.
One Of the Grvt to cscapc from The building
said that ono woman was brought tut alive, he
thinks Il was Mrs. Spencer, and wlth Ills help
size walked TO drug store on Sixth avenue,
wher0 sho died.
The Cardinals.
Tho creation Of niue new Cardinals will raise
tho number of members Of tho Sacred College
to stxty-siI. Al preaent It copsists Ut sx Cat"
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