Description: Disaster in Lawrence The destruction was unimaginable. Workers in nearby factories watched with horror as the Pemberton Mill buckled and then collapsed, trapping more than six hundred workers, many of them women and children. Word of the disaster spread quickly and volunteers rushed to the scene. As survivors called out for help, a lantern fell, and within minutes fire engulfed the building, burning those trapped inside. It took days for rescuers to complete the grim task of removing the charred bodies of the dead. Alvin F. Oickle's riveting account illustrates why, nearly a century and a half later, the Pemberton collapse is still considered one of the worst industrial calamities in American history.
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781596295063
Book Title: Disaster in Lawrence : the Fall of the Pemberton Mill
Item Length: 10in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 7in
Author: Alvin F. Oickle
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Natural Disasters, Subjects & Themes / Historical, Structural, United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, ME, NH, Ri, VT), Disasters & Disaster Relief, Fire Science
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: Photography, Technology & Engineering, Nature, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 9.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
