The New York Herald Newspaper, September 21, 1874, Page 7

a “Ohio, last Monday, called by a despatch trom his -house on Tuesday afternoon to go to Lowell, to Speeciichereciectnmeoe Laicisneile tase GERMANY. ‘Emperor William at the Kiel Navy Yard— Schleswig-Ho!steiners’ Compliments, Kure, Sept. 20, 1874 The Emperor William to-day was present at the launch of a new {ronclad, and christened her Frederick the Great. The Emperor also received & congratulatory ad- dress from twenty delegates of Schleswig-Hol- stein, BRAZIL, Imperial Congratulations on the Position of the Country. Lonvon, Sept. 20, 1874, Advices from Rio Janeiro state that the Em- \peror, in his speech closing the Chambers on the 12th inst., congratulated the country on its satis- factory relations with foreign Powers, and de- clared that his government would endeavor to promote agriculture by the extension of the rail- way system, Most important measures would be presented next session, louking to electoral and educational reform and in aid of agricultural Anteresta. 1 eusi. “Overflow of Rivers After a Rain Storm. Havana, September 18, 1874, There was agevere rain storm in the jurisdic- Vion of Trinidad last Saturday, causing the rivers co overflow, drowning cattie and damaging the tropa. JAMAICA, SEI ee Sanitary Condition of the Inland. “ KINGSTON, Ja., September 10, 1874. Smallpox m the island is abating, At one time there were 800 cases in Kingston alone, but now the number is reducea to 200, Vaccination and ‘otner sanitary precautions, with favorable ‘Weosther, have done much to allay the disease, LOUISIANA, &@ Plan of Compromise To Be Reported To-Day—Order Restored at Bayou Sara. New ORLEANS, Sept. 20, 1874. It is believed the Conference Committee will Teport a plan of adjustment to-morrow as it will firat be submitted to the Committee of Seventy, A compromise, if effected, will be acceptable to the people. General Emory has just been ofMclally notified ‘that all is quietat Bayou Sara. An oficer and ten amen were to-day sent to Bayou Goula to prevent a Vhreatened outbreak of negroes. Governor Kellogg’s Indignation Over the Officiousness of Absentees—Their Re- | turn to the State Desired—General Sherman's Ideas of the Situation. 8 Ps _ WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 1874. AN quiet along thé Mississippi is the report to-night. Governor Kellogg, who, it appears, ig vexed that blatant pretended supporters of his should have anchored in Washington, saying they Tepresent the Louisiana State government, tele- graphs that he is in possession of the State House and proposes to remain there, and if the carpet- bag members of Congress, togetier with the State -oMoers who fled on the fire of the first gun will Please return, netther the State nor the United States governments will be disgraced. Governor Kellogg telegraphs that he is amply protected by ‘the police, and that all he needs is good advice Personally and not by telegraph. If the people of the North accept the criticism of adventurers who are not willing to meet the unexpected issue, but re ready to proffer advice at a distance, he is not to blame. He has asked as a personal favor that the United States officials and representa- tives of the State will concentrate in New Orleans and give him the benefit of their advice without incurring the expense of sending unnecessary telegrams. General Sherman returned last night. He 1s Satisfied there will be no need of a military display, and is willing to trast to the honor of the people of Louisiana for the result. ‘We Must Not Hesitate. {From the Pittsburg Commercial.] For the government to hesitate, to retreat or to attempt to undo its present Southern policy, ‘would, especially under existing circumstances, ‘be the height of suicidal folly, and this 1s probably the reason why the New York HERALD 1s 80 moisily clamorous in that direction. SOUTH CAROLINA. ‘Reported Rising of the Negroes in Edge- field—A Radical Politician Arrested— Oneasiness Throughout the State. AvGusta, Ga., Sept, 20, 1874. Areport reached this city this afternoon that -about 400 negroes, under the leadership of a negro named Tenant, intended to make an attack on the ‘whites near Reese’s store, in Edgefield county, South Carolina, about fifteen miles from Augusta. Jt is reported that some unknown parties fired | into the house of Tenant last night, and that he intended to retaliate on the whites, who assembled to resist the assault. A courier ar- rived here, with a note from a prominent white citizen of Edgefield asking for assistance. A party organized avd were on the eve ot starting from here when another courier arrived, bringing in- formation that Tenant had been arrested by the | civil authorities, and that the negroes had dis- persed and all was quict, Tenant was a member of the convention which nominated Chamberlain. There is an uneasy feeling that there will be trouble in Carolina between the whites and blacks In that event there is no question about the white people of Georgia along the line of the Savannah River going to the assistance of their ‘peighbors in Carolina. A OLERGYMAN DROWNED. A Fali Through a Drawbridge—The Body Recovered. Boston, Sept, 20, 1874, Rev. Frederick Brooks came on from Cleveland, | death.” (THE PALL RIVER BISASTER AFeeling of Horror and Indignation Throughout the Community. THE SERVICES IN THE CHURCHES A Fearful Responsibility To Be Placed Somewhere. CRIMINAL CARELESSNESS OF LIFE. No Precautions Against Fire When Fire Was an Ordinary Occurrence. ———+—__— HEARTRENDING SCENES AND INCIDENTS, Described by an Eye-Witness, Pars Rtv, Mass., Sept, 20, i874 “Bepermost in the public mind in this vicinity, Little else is thought of, and certainly nothing in fastening its responsibility is terribly severe. The sudden sacrifice of twenty-five or thirty lives, and the wounding and maiming of twice as many more unfortunates, has caused a horror and in- momentary sadness cannot conceal. That a tear- ful responsibility rests somewhere is an opinion which the public are to-day beginning to realize. The sorrow-stricken city does not for a moment accept the calamity a8 a providential inflict‘on, but rather as the result of the penuriousness of souls or the common feelings of humanity, It may be that these opinions are uncharitable, but from all that can be gathered during the con- fusion and excitement of a common affliction the criticisms and indignation seem amply justified, The scenes in the city to-day have been sickening and harrowing. The strects have been filled with curious spectators irom the surrounding country, and these, together with the resident operatives grief and sympathy, mingled with indignation to- the feartul sacrifice of life. port, New Bedford and Providence, as weilas trom. smaller places in the immediate vicinity, there fave beef hundreds of visitors oll the day long. Probably never belo! 4 strangers gathered within the limitd of the ‘“Bor- der City.” The streets surrounding the mill have been thronged all day long, and in the heart of the city the scene has been one of interesting sad- ness, in which thousands have mingled. The day itself has been cloudy, gloomy and stormy, and in every way sadly in keeping with the mournful occasion, IN ALL OF THE CHURCHES allusion was made to the terrible disaster, and in some special les3ons were drawn from the great affliction. The venerable Father Murphy, the identified with the city for nearly half a century, made a touching allusion to the calamity at the morning service. He had no set sermon prepared, but spoke impromptu the feelings of an almost broken heart, found a sorrowful response in the sobs which went up irom the hundreds of operatives comprising his congregation. He sketched most eloquently and {eelingly the terrible moment when without a moment Jor preparation, and, in Jan- guage which brought tears to the eyes of all, he depicted the heartrending scenes of the sufferings of those whose safety from death has only secured them a life of misery. He had a kind word for the afMlcted in his heart and mind, but his own tender feelings destroyed all power of utterance and he ‘mingled his expressions of grief with those of his parishioners, The scene was an affecting one and one which well illustrates the sympathy of feeling between the pastor and his alllicted people. Rey. Father Quinn, pastor of the Church of the Sacred Heart, at which most of the operatives wor- disaster at the morning mass, and during the rev- erened father’s remarks the sobs and cries of the afflicted were audible to those who were passing in the street. THE CHOSEN TEXT was the words:—‘‘in the midst of life we are in Aiter a few introductory remarks, re- ferring anew to the words of the text, the priest said: Such has been the impression, my children, that 1 have received !rom announcing the banns ol matrimony and speaking on our great Calapiity of yesterday. Yes, there is joy and sadness, pleasure and gloom, happiuess and misiortune, blended together in life. Ay, but the thought in our heart finds expression, and we can but say that we know not (he day vor the hour. ‘Tough we be strong and. healtuy, though youtn’s blood courses withthe utmost buoyancy through our veins and we believe we have before us a long life of pleasure apd bappiness, im the midst of lle we are in death. 50 have the flames of the Granite Mill No.1 spoken yesterday. So do 11s smoke-vegrimmed ruins speak to-day, Ay, its biackened walls, thongh they speak to tne entire city and to the country, speak in trumpet tones to Us as they stand in the midst of this parish of our people and concern us the most. We have from them a warning irom the finger o!f God, a ‘warning that t have, as your pastor, in times past told you would come to teach usin our duties to God, and cause exactnes in their fulfilment. And what lessons should we derive Irom it? Ob! what father to see a iriend who was ill, and who was about to open school in Cleveland, tn which Mr. Brooks was much interested. He left his father’s return that evening. He probably got out at Le elit and was walking over tne Boston and | ‘Lowell iiroad bridge—Craigie’s bridge being closed for repairs—when shortiy aiter eight o'clock FELL THROUGH THE DRAWBRIDGE, other than that of continual preparation to stand before the En ard seat Of God. And we who have lost our Iriends and relatives, our associates, even our children, are appealed to by them, from pile, and by the fearful leap tor Ite or death, to take @ warnivg to be always prepared, 1, your pastor, now appeal to you, tn the worus of the Psalmist, “Lo-day if you should hear nis voice harden not your hearts as ocation,”” = “When you have recognised my works you m= the prov. proven and have witnessed being near sighted, and the piace being dangerous even in daylight, His cries for help brought sev- eral of the bridge tenders and one or two boats, but the tide was rapid, and, while @ rope was thrown between two of the tracks, he was swept below them. One boat reached him just as he sank, His body was only recovered this morning, Ali of his brothers were absent, the Revs, Puilip and Arthur Brooks being now on their return irom | Europe. He was thirty-two years or age, THE WELLSBORO BANK ROBBERY, Arrest of One of the Robbers—A Portion of the Bonds and Money Recovered. WAVERLY, N. ¥., Sept, 20, 1874, Z the works of Goa,’ You his omnipotent powe us our own jittleness and God's greatness. On, then, harden not your hearts, but turn to God to- day by repentance and be prepared to meet Him atauy moment. Approacii the sacraments of the Church, unite yourseives Once more sancttiying grace, and resolve never more to for- sake the Way 01 righteousness. Parents, rela- tives, iriends aud associates, you have felt in the flesh the bitterness of this sting, but what must have been the fecling of the priest of God who has the care ol and feels for the spiritual aflictions of his people? What mine, as have proven from house to house, irom body to body, to shrive them by the words Of absolution? What mine, a8 Cosgrove, alias McMaster, alias Howara, one of the Wellsboro bank robbers, was arrested here this morning at an early hour. He was seen to leave a barn one mile to the west and was traced 10 ahouse in this village he has been in the habit Of frequenting. Sherif Brooks was immediately | notified, and proceeded with a party to the house, | Cosgrove, having been warned, sprang from & second story window, but was seized by the | Sheriff before he could escape. One thousand dollars was FOUND UPON HIS PERSON, and upon searching the house $12,000 In stolen bonds and money, together with the watch of Mr. Robingon, the cashier, was found secreted in & closet. Cosgrove is a hoted character, and ts sup- pce fo Poke eta telat with the robbery of | the First National Bank of Ath e: from here, last October. bs adi he DEATH OF A PROMINENT CITIZEN, Troy, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1874. Captain Robert Robinson, a prominent and Phebe Tesident of West Troy, died suddenly to- aye I cast My eyes atoit and saw how many more | conid not reach and at the same time actend to those around me? Yes, the words of the prophet Jeremiah—"A voice 1p Rama was heard In lamenta- tion and in great mourning; Rachel bewaiing her children and would not be comiorted, because they are not,’ were true, and found ex- pression in my heart, for my children might be not 1a this body, but with poor souls within that burn- ing pile, réady to meet their God and | not apie to impart those graces consigned by God to His Church, 1 have sorrowed since; can hever forget tt nor cease to sorrow, though I bave some consolation to know how many o! my best young peopie there were, in that great danger of tielr lives whose first thought was o! God. The first ourcries, the prayers of those 1 met maimed and wounded to death, gave me tne knowledge that they had only a week ago received from my hand, at the altar, the bread of life. This wave me hope, and the recitai of the prayers by our Catuolic girls and children, a8 with their beads their hands they Kneit, suifocating at the wii. dows, or prepared to hurl themselves therefrom to aimost certain death, renewed that hope that God heard therr prayers and gave them the grace of true contrition, Then shaill conclude by beg- ging of parents, first for themselves, then for thair children. to see that they are id & conunyal The Origin and Progress of the Flames as The Granite Mill calamity is still the matter" dignation in the community which even the | those corporations popularly regarded as without | the contrary, the most emphatic expressions of | ward those who are alleged to be responsible for | From Taunton, New- | Was there sych an influx of | senior Catholic pastor of Fall River, who has been | and his manifestations of grief 80 many were called so suddenly to the other realm {| shipped, also made a touching allusion to the | the topmost windows and floors of that tuneral | for yesterday, but taught | to Him by | with hurried steps | passed (rom wagon to wagon, | Preparation for death; for ail to recognize the words of our divine saviour, “Watch and pray.” In the flames of yesterday, in the shrieks and groans of the dying, in the biackened corpses and charred bones of your frends, even a8 You mount the Marrow stairs cally to the tops of Your lactories, you can read the one great lesson to be ever prevared for that last moment. Let this remind you to unite yourselves morning and night to God in prayer, sacraments frequently, that we may be ready jor Our Summons and prepare to stand belore our God; and may this be the grace and blessing that God may work inthis parish and city irom our co calamity of yesterday and sorrow of to- SERMON BY REV. MR. BURNHAM. Rev. Mr. Burnham, pastor o! the Central Con- gregational Church, who appeared before his parishioners for tne first time since his summer vacation, preached a special sermon on the calamity. He said:— But just returned to my parpes this morning after a season o! rest, prolonged by your Kintness, speaking lor che first time alter a silence Of efght weeks, you might expect from me another theme than that I have chosen; but suddenly the provi- dence of God in our city has turned both your thoughts and my own into another channel than that of simple greeting as pastor aud people, God bas thrust a poweriul sermon upon us of his own. ‘Turning aside therefore trom my expected words, I wili speak with you irom some selections found in the book of Job, Xvil., 15, 16;— And where is now my hope t As for my hope, who shall see wt They shall go down to the bais ot Ue pit, when our rest together isin the dus.” The keynote of the book of Job is found in the fact, not that God tortures men by calamity and suffering into goodness, but that He oiten ordains @ pathway to glory through euttering, and aiways strives to impress upon us the fact that faith ts the way torght, At the Outset of what I have to say this morning there are two thougits to fix aeeply tu mind, First—Man does not exist [01 the work of bis bands; it ts not simply ty buil and plant, &c,; it 1s Jor another purpose, Viz., the wellare of bis soul. His victories are not best and cnieiest in tae earthly, but iu the spiritual and heavenly, 80 strong that God does not sooner or later force the consciousness of weakness upon nim. We need to have constantly an intense want created Wwilnin us, The Saviour’s words are full of mean pig s—“Blsavoa are they that hunger and thirst fter righteousness, lor they shail ve filled,” It is | God’s desire tat the human Deart shall be made { to.ge] this hunver, With thesé preliminary tha 8, jore, we else 18 talked about, and the language employed | S¥PF9ack the coliion anh ney | 108 will be made ‘anu deteated, purposes will be formed aud suddenly broken of, nopes will be Cherished and dashed down, There are hours in | lile tuat make us better or worse rapidly. The Mutual question is, How and why are our pur- | poses broken off and hopes dashed? First, our purposes are broken of by God, i Ment that makes its appeal toevery heart. t@ approach. the | Dan never climbs 80 high or gets | Here ts a state- | The | God we worship is everswWuere present, ever and | | always putting lorth a present wisdom and power, | God dashes our hopes, ana yet, second, God is not } the visible cause. There are iorces ot matter and | powers of mind distinct from the agency of God and power of Gud and yet not mdependent of them, | Tuese forces and teudencies God upholds and, in | consequcnce, they produce their results. In 1834, in New York city, it ls said, a clerk le(t a light in | some careless position, The resuit was the great | fire, a commercial crisis, a general panic, susi- | ness men said it was the fire that was the cause | and 80 it was, oul what did God do? He sustained | the forces and tendencies 01 matter so that it was ail under natural law. A lew years ago your own | city Was swept by the flames, and some three years ago Cnicugo. Hundreds in Chicago never thought of God as they watched the flames; they simply said, “Our city ts melting aw ” and yet God was there iter natural law. He was there in His providence an ter caused. Suadenly, unexpectediy, were hurried into eternicy beyond the reach of | human aid. Sad as it may seem let us not lorget that God was in that scene. He had a purpose in it. Third—Again with equal certainty we can say that when our ig not the direct cause. God permits cre- ated agencies 10 Work. Men are often | the direct cause of our deieated hopes. We en- counter false friendships. Our plans are the sport | of misfortune, business galls and perplexes us; ) Sickness, Too, Visits us. Very jew are ever | 8 ‘dy {or the sick room, Then comes the breaking | to break off Diet sae Nowe although not vis- ‘bie, not ai the rect CHUSRy ae | God is the prime cause of oil roke: ‘hopes, Let us not crowd Him out of sight or lose our sight of Him. Let us not Jorget God to-day. Mark, ove of the very first things we are to remember here is that the sutfer- ing, the calumity, whenever it comes, has a purpose. We ask, “Why .was it?’ and in the burden of allliction or the.excitement or fear we cannot see Why. Nevertheless the object and purpose are there, One object may be ior us, a more carelul study of God’s natural laws. Let the choiera sweep through our city, and we have | work to doin removing impurities, In providing | clean streets &c.; let typhoid fever scourge a vil- lage or amily, there may besome work of inspec tion to ascertain and remove the cause, 4 rail- way disaster muy be through carelessness. A fire | Sud loss of lite may be prevented repetition by ob- serving gsomething we have disiegarded. We may be told by God’s providence that we our- selves have some Jaw to obey, the interests of oth- | ers to consider in some way, and when a calamity | befals any part of our Iife, physical, mental or social, we may be needing to ve roused to exum- ) ine our own conduct and habit. Our business here assistance. not forget His agency. There ts @ world of mean- ing in those lines of Bonar:—“Calm me, my God, | aud keep me calm.” There are hours in jiie when | sults with God, | weakness, Insecurity and consciousness of want creeps over you, and the falling back on the Divine arm, we must look upward, First—There 18 the great tmportance of under- | standing the world in which we live. We can | sharpen our mind in that direction, but that 1s not the only training we need. Secund—Let us not jorget that the world again | it. It 18 not 80, Third—And to return to our first thought, let | us not allow present experiences to crowd God | out or bind the eye to Him, A soul Cannot ve | perfected that jooks no further than earth. God | fas lessons for us to-day in this sceue we contem- plate. Let us gather them; God has desires and aspirations jor our life suill; let us find them and be conquerors through His grac FUNERALS OF THE VICTIMS, Funeral cortéges have been frequentin the streets this alternoon, and for several days hence they willbe numerous, The three Murphy girls were | ers. They were the oniy support of a widowed | mother, and the shock upon the aged lady was so | severe that she, too, will jollow them to the grave | in a few days. Others of the victims were also buried this afternoon, and their remains were fol- lowed to their final home by crowds of the afflicted operatives. The funeral expenses have generally | been borne by the corporations, and they have also given directions for the employment, at their expense, of the best surgical skill for the untorta- nate wounded, THE DEAD, WOUNDED AND MISSING. The casualties of those identified thus far num- | ber eighteen killed, six missing and seven not | identified, The additional one recognized and not before reported is Maggie Dillon, whose body was sent to New Bedford soon after the accident. | Those whose remains have not been claimed will be buried to-morrow. Many of the wounded are lying in a critical condition and cannot possibly recover. | vive the night. Many INCIDENTS OF THE FIRE | are narrated, some of them being of the most heartrending description, During the height of the excitement a little girl, scarcely in her teens, appeared at one of the upper windows gazing upon the horror stricken people below. All eyes were directed to her, in the expectation of seeing her follow the example oi others who had jumped from | the windows at the risk of life and limb, Those | who were holding beds beneath the windows | grasped them more firmly to receive ner, while scores of voices shouted to her to junip. | The Nght sbone full upon her face, which was | had caught glimpse of the other world already; | as the peopie gazed she slowly turned around and disappeared forever irom mortal view. she became msensibie from the smoke or wheter | vhe terror of the moment nad deprived the poor | child of reason will never be known until the dead | give up vheir secrets, Another incident that ; has been narrated as an actual fact but which I have been unable as yet to suystantiate, ts | possibility. It 18 said that a litte fellow, scarcely | a dozen years old, jumped from one of the upper | windows to the ground, and when the spectators | rushed forward to pick up the mangled body they | Were astonished to see him spring to bis feet, ap- | parently uninjured, and start ona run for ts home. Bursting into the house in breathless haste, he shouted to his mother— (THE MILL 13 ALL ON FIRE!" and then he suddenly dropped to the floor lifeless, the fearful sixty-foot jump having resulted in fatal internal injuries which the excitement of the mo- ment prevented his feeling. It appears that many | ai Opes } 8001 th steals 1D up ol eartiniy hopesy sooner or later death stes\ | position until the hose took fire and drove me wreathed with & beautiful smile, as though she | Whether | almost incredible, though not beyond the range of | of Fall River, have crowded the neighbor. | BoM a Naan cane Leet al cc re that visite fs hood of the ill-tated mill from sunrise | you can to-day scarcely tear your thoughts from tosinset. There hasbeen no rowdyism, but, on | the scene or lorget the sutfering the terrible disas- many | purposes are broken off God | NEw YORK HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. oF tne deaths and severe Injuries were caused by the peopie striking upon the ladders which were run up to the third and fourth stories. One litte ri struck between two rounds In such @ manner that her back was instantly broken, and her bead bung down swaying back and forth, and while the body remained in that position a man and a woman im turn struck against it, bounding of again to the ground. All the persons who at: tempted to escape from the attic did not make sclean jump tothe ground. Arope was thrown out of the window by somebody, which reached & good part of the way to the ground, and quite a number slid down this rope as far as possibie and then dropped the rest of tue way, thus escaping instant death, though ali were more or less in- Jured, Two of the girls—Alice Statiord and Nancy Mullen, who were among those who used the rope—nad their hands badly burned by the fric- tion, and the former had her back injured and voth ankles disiocated by the fall. The persons wb availed themselves of this rope would have es- caped serious injury had not the rope caught fire from the Names bursting out of the windows and burned off some forty feet from the ground, Matthew Dillon, one of the spinners, and the man who first discovered the fire, gave toa HERALD reporter this evening his version of THE BEGINNING SND PROG OF THE CONFLAGRA- TION. He says that gt ten minutes to seven o*clock, Saturday morning the help were all on hand and to work. The fire originated on the back puliey of the last pair of mules but one in the north end, about eighteen feet from that extremity of the mill. There were three water pipes in the room apd even a medium supply of water would have saved the chronicling of such & feariul disaster. ‘The hose had been attached to the pipes two or three years, but in that time no | water had ever passed through them. “I feel confident,” he said “that no man could have passed to the upper story after I came from the room on account of smoke and flames.” This pulley generally runs very fast andis apt to get on fre ina few momenta not regularly oiled, it is of the’ ghacp pattern and thanuiac- tured by Marvel & Davole of Fali River, be- ing the only make used in Granite Mill No, 1, When’ first saw the flames they were what I should call a chip firéxyery small | indeed in dimensions, but a few inches; gould al- most have extinguished them with my hand. I sprang over my mule to the one adjoining where the fire originated and attempted to quench the flames, but 1 was unable to do 80, as the fire in that one moment had gained strength, and, like lightning, had caught the belts saturated with oil and was whirled like @ flash around the pulley connecting with all the belts in that vicinity and communicating the flames in an impassible barrier from one side of the mill tothe other. I think I could not give expression to the rapidity with which this wall of fire spread itself and seemed to dispute by its power the utmost strength of man and all mechanical appliances. Seeing in an instant the emergency of the situa- tion, I grasped a coil of hose that was attached to my mule alley, openea the stop cock and valve connected therewith and finding that no water came forth, calied upon one of the men to go down and tell the engineer to start the donkey engine, By this time the fire was in a terrible state, creating 4 feariul uproar and by its violence raising the bands usually attached to the mules. Finding matters in such @ critical condition I calied upona man named Penderpost, handed him the hose and hur ried to my alley and opened the valve there, watt- ing for water to arrive, but none came, Finding | that no water came I grasped the hose again, sent the man to order on the water and maintained my ,; away. I nastened to the door, but before I is to untold wnat God has given and to accept Mis | But notwithstandiug all this, let us | | We have done all we can do and we must rest re- | Oiten in such hours the feeling of | | 18 not @ vast Machine with God withdrawn irom | reached it 1 was compelled to drop on my hands and knees and crawl through the smoke that was now in great volumes pouting out of the door, I being the last man to leave the room, which was at this time, from the tower door to the north ena, enveloped in flames, There was NO WATER IN THE ROOM, neither in the pipes nor tn pails—which latter ts usually the case—to which cause I ascribe toa great extent the sad disaster. It is usual in the ‘Milis in this city to keep two pails, each filled with water, at every pair of mules, but in this mill it was not the case. Had the donkey engine forced water through the pipes in the first instance the disaster might have been averted with no loss of life and but little property. The water and pails were located in the tower, and but fifteen pails of tne former were thrown upon the fire, There were sixteen spinners in the room and they all hurried away on the first alarm except seven, who manfully fought the flames, A moment after the fire started the help in the fifth story became alarmed and hastened down to the next flat to watch the progress of the flames, but their numbers over- crowded the entry, and as soon as It became evi- | dent that matters had assumed a dangerous phase they ali rushed down stairs, accompanied by the | spinners. As the spooling room was on the sixth story, I think that although the bosses may have been aware of the Gre the help knew nothing avout It, THE POLICY | of the overseers being to keep all such excitement all buried to-day, and their remains were followed | | to the cemetery by a large procession of mourn | remarked that if any one remained in the attic In tact it is thought some will not sur- | from them, as in cases of no consequence it may interfere with their work, they were not noti- fled until the danger was past all remedy, and | their first informant was a mass of smoke and flame, darting up the stairs and into their room, cutting off all hop of escape by the staircase. When I reached the bottom of the stairs the fre was dropping down from the filth story, and I then they were lost. Mr, Dillon stated tnatit 1s common thing for pulleys to take flre ina mule room, and also that the cnstom is to Keep pails of water convenient for any emergency, Which was not done in the present in: stance. STATEMENT OF THOMAS WALKER: Thomas Walker, who resides on Covell street, and whois employed in the flasher room, states that the first intimation of fire he received was a loud cry and, enildren followed by their boss, rushing to the door, Following them he was driven back by the smoke and flames that poured into the room as soon as the doors were opened, It was an impossibility—in fact, certain death—for any one then to descend the staircase, Ina second the room was fliled with smoke, and the women and children forced to the south end of the mill, while he, with a companion, were sep- arated from them by a wall of flre and smoke, He then grasped a coil of rope, secured a step-lad- | der, by which he gatned the scuttle, and thence the roof, and irom there reached the ground in safety. His companion, however, dropped ex- hausted ere being able to reach the pure air on tne roof of the building, and, as afterward discov- ered, perished, Among THE DAMAGING CIRCUMSTANCES connected with this dire calamity is the terrible one that there were no pails of water or other ap- piiances for extinguishing fire in the neighborhood of where @ fire was likely to occur. In fact, a fire in a spinning room 1s an ordinary occurrence and in nearly all the mills water ts handy to every mule or spinning machine, to check any flame that may be occasioned by friction from unotled machiuery or spontaneous combustion from oily cotton or waste. There were no such safeguards in this mill; but if there had been not @ single life would have been lost and only @ few hundred dollars’ worth of property would have been destroyed. The fire escapes—What few there were of them—were use- less 80 far as the upper story was concerned, for there was no communication with them (rom elther the upper story or the roof of the building. If there had been escapes at the end of the building, or even stairways, everybody could have got oat THE MEMBERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT from the chief down were also ineMcient or para- lyzed, ‘Their laddere would not reach the upper story. No one in the department seemed to know how to splice the ladders, and when outside aid was volunteered to periorm this work, it was de- clined in @ manner more profane than elegant, Pending all this, the poor women and chtk dron were dashing out of the windgws tu meat looking around, he saw the | | death on the earth below, or submitting to tne more horrible fate of suffocation or burning. The hose or private fire apparatus belonging to the mill, according to the statement given by Mr. Dillon, was useless on account of the absence of water, and if there had been any water, it might possibly have been worthless, for it seems that it has never been tested since it was put up ten years ago, All these facts are most freely commented upon, aud it is hoped that the Coroner's investigation, to be commenced to-morrow, wiil be instrumental in discovering, censuring and punishing the negit- gent and guilty parties. THE CASUALTIES. Fa. Riven, Mass., Sept. 20, 1874, The following list of killed, wounded and miss ing is as correct as could be made at present. It 4s verified in every particular by the police reports | and those compiled by the mill authorities, the only authentic sources of information: KILLED, Honora Coffee, drawing-in girl. Catharine Connell, spool tender, Margaret Dillon, spool tender, nineteen years old; body taken to New Bed/ord for burial. Albert Ferniey, back boy. Gertrude Gray, spool tender. Mary Healey, spool tender, Margaret Harrington, spool tender, {teen years old. Margaret Healey, spool tender, ten years old, Ellen J. Hunter, drawing-in girl. Thomas Keaveney, spincer. Mary Lasonda, spooi tender, Bridget Murphy, warper tender, Kate Murphy, spool tender. Margaret Murphy, spool tender. James Newton, back boy, tep years old. Frederick Porter, spool tender, twelve years old, Anna Smith, spool tender. James Smith, back boy, nine years old. James Turner, elevator tender, fAlty years old, Victoria Warner, spool teuder. Total killed, twenty. REPOR¢ED MISSING. Michael Devine. Catherine Healey, Ellen Healey. Total missing three, These names are not on the mill books. WOUNDED. Mary Borden, spool tender; leg proken; will re- cover, JuludWoffee, internal injuries; recovery doubt. ful. Mary Burns, spool tender; leg broken; will re- cover. Anna Daley, badly bruised; recovery doubttuL. Thomas Gibson, slightly injured. Annie Haley, badly injured; recovery doubtful. Ellen Danly, internal injuries; will douvtless re- cover, Kate Harrington, gesh torn from hands and bruised ; will recover, Jonah Healy, spine Injured; recovery doubtful. Ellen Jonas, recovery probable. Arabella Keith, ribs broken; recovery doubtful, Edson Keith, internal injuries; will recover. Bridget Lanergan, badly bruised; will recover. Julia Mahoney, fatal spinal injuries. James Mason, internal injuries; recovery doubt- ful. Isabella Morehead, neck and arms burned; will recover. Nancy Mallen, badly burned; will recover. Annie O'Brien, spinal injury; recovery probable, Delia Porter, internal injuries; recovery prob- | able. Joseph Ramsbottom, leg broken; will recover. Mary Rigley, head injured; will recover. Katie Smith, two ribs broken; will recover. | Hannah Stafford, ankle and internal injuries; will recover, Annie Sullivan, internal injuries; will recover. Katie Sullivan, internal injuries; will recover. Margaret Sullivan, spine injurea; recovery | doubdtiul. Hannah Towney, fatal internal injuries, Margaret Towney, arm broken; will recover, Bertha Woodell, back sprained; will recover, Wullam Vinnicombe, internal injuries; will re- cover. Miss Darlington, badly wounded. 7 WASHINGTON. Wasurnarton, Sept. 20, 1874. Papers Relating to the Alabama Claims—A Circular to Clulmants. The State Department informs correspondents by circular that copies of papers on file in that Department reiating to the “Alabama claims” cam be furnished only to claimants or their attorneys. ‘To obtain such copies a request from the claimant or his attorney must be filed in the department. When the request is made by the claimant is signature must be verified before @ notary public, and the letter must be accompanied by his af™- davit showing that be is the only holder of the claim and that he has not assigned, transferred, or hypothecated the whole or any part thereof. In case the application is made by the attorney, he must file & power of attorney trom the claimant, together with the affidavit of the lat ter as atove provided; and the sige nature of the attorney, a3 well as that of the claimant, must be verified before ® notary public. Upon complying with these pro- visions Copies Of the papers will be furnished, af fast as the clerical force of the department will permit, at a reasonable sum. In reply to other inguiries, the department re fers correspondents for information concerning the presentation or conduct of claims before the Court of Commissioners to Mr. Jon Davis, Cierk of that Court. The clerk has sent to claimants blank forms of petition, and also a circular that, im accordance with law and the rules of this Court, every claim jor damage caused by the Alabama, Florida and their tenders, and the Shenandoah, after her departure from Meibourne, must be fled within six months from the 22d day of July, 1874, They will be entered on the docket in the order of time in which they are received; but @ claim to be go entered must be stated in a petition and verified by the aMidavit of the c aimant, MUSIOAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES. The minor theatres ail have new bills for ‘his week, Cart Formes is singing in baden, Gounoa’s ‘Mireilie"’ is in rehearsal at the Opéra Comique, Paris. Campanini sings at the Leeds Musical Festival in England next month, Mr. 8 thern played Lord Dundreary at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, on September 5. Mr. Samuel S. Santvrd has been tendered the presidency of the Church Music Association. Wachtel’s son, also & tenor, has lost his voice and has been obliged to retire from the stage. Mr. Downing’s concert at Jones’ Wood Colosseum has been postponed until next Sunday on account of the rain. “La Fille de Madame Angot” ts being played this month at four theatres in London :—Lyceum, Ele- phant and Castle, Standard and East London. ‘rhree new features at the metropolitan theatres to-night; Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams at Booth’s, Mr. E. L, Davenport at Wood’s ana Howard Paut at the Olympic. On August 28 Mile. Telma appeared at the Galety, Dublin, as Adaligisa in “Norma,” and during tae first act fainted on the stage. Mrs. Aynseley Cook then took her place. Signor Braga, tne violoncellist of Mr. De Vivo's concert troupe is the composer of the following operas:—“Alina,” “Esteila,’? “Il Ritratto,”’ “Men~ dicante,’? “Avventurieri,” “Reginelia,” and "Cale ligola.”” concert at Wiese THE WEATHER YESTERDAY. The following record wil show the changes in the temperature sor the past twenty-four hours, in comparison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, Hé&ALD Building :— 1ST, 1874. 1873. 1874. BA. M.....06 St 63 3:00 P. M 65 69 6A. M. 53 G46 PL MA ot 9A. M. 65 OTOP 6a 2 - 60 70 12P. M 60 Average temperature yesterday, +. OBE Average temperature for corresponding date dast year, coccee SOE Mexely, Nursing » Cough or Cold is not enough. You must tako HALE'S HONEY OF HORE- HOUND ANO TAR to get rid of it quickly. PIKE'S TOOTHACHE DROPS cure in one minute. A.—For an Elegant, Fashionable Hat of superior quality go direct to the manuwacturen OTHER THAN MILL HANDS INJURED. A. J. Biddescombe and A. Cobley, while assist- ing mill hands, injured in the head, will recover. The following FIREMEN INJURED. William Clark, of Steamer No. 7% badly cut on the head; will recover. George K. Read, of Steamer No. 7, badly bruised on the chest; will recover. Joun Greenaich, hoseman, slightly bruised, Peter Quinn, hoseman, hands cut, Wiliam Brocklehurst, hoseman, injured on the | shoulder, The total number wounded are 36; fatally, 2; 1e- covery doubtful, 13; will recover, 21. THE LOST CHILD, | A Boy Answering the Description of | Charley Ross Found in Nebraska. CHICAGO, Sept. 20, 1874. A Tridune special from Lincoln, Neb., says Deputy Sheriff Manning, of Harlin county, has | arrested one Jackson with a@ hoy who answers perfectly the description of Charley Ross. The | boy says his mother’s name 18 Belle Ross, Man- | ning jeaves with the man and boy for Philadelphia to-morrow. SUICIDE AT NIAGARA. The Body Carried Over the Falls. NraGaRa Fauts, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1874. Yesterday morning a gentleman named Salmond, and supposed to be a resident of Brantford, Unt, arrived at Clifton, and engaged @ hack to take him to the ‘rable Rock. On arriving at thac point he handed the driver an envelope, with his ad- dress written on it, $2 {n money and a letter ad- dressed to Mr. Robinson, banker, at Brantford, requesting that the letter should be mailed, aiter Which he suddenly walked into the rapids and was ) carried over the falls. ‘A telegram was immediately sent to the banker, | who replied, asking if any one was with him, and ordered the letter to be jorwarded by mati, Noth- ing further has since transpired concerning the cause of the rash act, BURGLARY IN TWENTY-FIRST STREET, General Depuyster’s city residence, No. 59 East Twenty-first street, was feloniously entered late | saturday mght, but fortunately was plundered to no great extent, thanks to the oungling work of | the thieves. The circumstances are as follow: ‘The house has not been occupied during the prea- ent season except by Mr. Frederick Haas, who sleeps there at night and ts the custodian of the property during the absence of the family. Early on Saturday night Mr. Haas locked the doors and went away, returning about midnight. On enter. ing the hall a scene of confusion met his view. Packages of clothing, valuable ornaments and costly trinkets lay scattered in profusion on every hand, A search through the various rooms revealed similar scenes. It was evident that a burglary had been committed, The basement door showed signs of having been forced open With 8 crowbar or some other heavy implement, as the lock was broken and torn away. It was evident that the robbers had been in the house a couple of hours at least, as nearly every closet, irom cellar to garret, gave token of having deen ransacked. The closets that were ‘ocked had been broken open, Three or four trunks were also barst open and thetr contents, consisting Of jewelry and clothing, to tho estimated value of about $250, carried away. One room on the third floor, however, that contained the valuables of the house and the bulk of the silver, also a large sate, fortunately escaped the depreaations of the burglars, as it had not been tampered with, Severai large pieces of silverware that were in the dining room closet remained undisturbed, although the smaller jeces were missing, The main appeared to e in clothing, to which line of go the maraud- ers were evidently partial, as the clothespresses throughout the house were stripped of thetr con- tents. Mr. Haas ia unabie to give the exact joss as yet, but estimates that $400 or $506 worth of clothing, besides the jewelry and silver mentioned, have been stoien, He regards the escape of the room containing the safe and valuabies as fortu- | nate in the extreme, as if the burgiars had got tn there they would have made @ heavy haul. De- tective Kelly made a thorough examination of the premises yesterday and came to the conclusion that the burglary Was the work of amateurs and not of professtonai burgiars. An old hat and a pair ol well worn su0es, together with a loaded Spily' and a small hatchet, the property of tne thiavea, Were found 1m (he alway. ESPENSCHLID, 15 Nassau street. .—Furniture Bargains. CO's advertisement. All Leaky Roofs caretully repaired; estimates cheerfully given; tin roofs ainted and made water ught or no charge; send tor book circular, containing home testimonials of GLINES? PATENT SLATE AINT: 3) cents a gallon; See Kelty & E ROOVING PAI ready tor use; contains no tar: ts fireproof, waterproof, ornainental and will save expense of reshingling. Cor: respondence invited. Local agents wanted. NEW YORK SLATE ROOFING COMPANY, No. 6 Cedar street, N. ¥. A Blessing to Mothers.—Mrs. Winslow’s - SOOTHING SIRUP, for all diseases with which children are affiicted, is acertain remedy. 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