Record Data Place Unit Type City or Town Containing Unit Essex County, MA Events Date Type 01/23/1860 Committee to help survivors of the Pemberton Mills Disaster say sufficient funds have been collected Business/Industry 08/12/1859 Fire causes heavy damage in Lawrence, Massachusetts Crime/Disasters 05/02/1861 In Boston, family members officially identify the bodies of the Massachusetts soldiers killed in Baltimore Battles/Soldiers 01/10/1860 Pemberton Mill collapse and fire in Lawrence, Massachusetts kills score of workers Crime/Disasters People Documents Date Title 01/12/1860 New York Times, “The Lawrence Tragedy,” January 12, 1860 03/04/1860 Abraham Lincoln to Mary Todd Lincoln, March 4, 1860 Images Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1861, artist's impression
