The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1851-12-02
TY FOUR or FORTY FIVE.
The number positively known toto wounded
Is moro than Sixty.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.


r ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
The excitement (says another Report) Don.
.tinued until late hour last night, ind great
crowds of individuals were gathered round the
II Sehoel-lionse and Police Station. The latest
accounts wo could learn were. that ut the timo
Miss Harrsun, the principal teacher in the
| Fcmaie Department was struck with paralysis
shen moaning noise, and her features
became diserted. This was at p o'clock,
and the children in tho class where she was
,oechng Immediately became alarmed. and
made a lond screech, which attracted The al
tontion If the whole of the school. a. rush
VAS Immediately made by the childron of the
| department to the doors, and they commenced
| to dcscend the circular STONE steps at rapid
rate. The cry Of FIRE was now raised, and
.niss Whitney, tho Principal Of the Primary
School, which was oD the second floor, opened
the door to see What was the matter; she was
! Immediately forced down to the bottom Of the
steps by the rush Of the clld-on. and had
scarcely been there two seconds before tho
railing by tho side of Tho stops began to give
way. 4sirI ii lH
After Miss Whitney had boen forced from
the Primary School, the chdrou took the al
arm, and forced their way from the school
| rooms Now q scene of the most horrible
description presented itself, the railing having
given way, commencing at the upright post at
the bottom of tho staircase, the force which
came against it mado it break from its fasten-
iDgs from step to Steps, until tho whole length
was broken ennear half way up the staircase -.
The pressure from behind still forced the chill.
dren forward, and they began to fall down tho
PIT between the circular stone steps. Many Of
them struck their heads against tho rough cor
ners OF the steps q ;hey fell. and in about two
minutes. the children were lying az the bottom.
one on top Of the other, TO the hight of from
Twelve to fourteen feet, in one confused mass.
wos s",cG ocemrring, Information Of fire had been
carried 10 the Police Station, and the fire bell
was rung. which aroused the Fro Department
and ladders were soon placed to the windows
of the Primary Department. Miss Clinton at
this tine was told by one of the men on the
,ldder that the school was on fire, and she then
passed a large number of the smallest children
thfough tho window, and in doing SO injured
herself seriously in the shoulder.
The police officers and Others by this timo
had forced their way through the crowd OF
children ut the font door Of the school, and
they say that danger and death was the dread
fnl position Of hundreds Of poor Children
The excitement being still great, they com.
menccd removing the children one by one from
their position, and tho awful part of the
catastrophe manifested itself Many children
were injured very badly, but wero elive
mass quite dead; some. from the effects of tho
FL. sQma Grg Jsp,f aiid Che Of Atao Others
died immediatly after being released. The
bodies were taken TO the Police Station, and
the news spread like wild .ire throughout tho
whole neighbrhood. Thousands Of persons
rushed to the spot. and mothers and fathers,
frantic with grief. ran wildly tothe place, TO find
their children. One poor woman vent into tho
Station House and fou nd two of her children
dead. and her cries and lamentations were tho
most pcouslv that human ears have ever lis
lis ened to. One after another came TO the
Polio, Station and found the bodies of their
dead children, and by about O'Clock, 35 of
them wore recognized and taken to The home
of their disoonsolate parents, and shortly after,
he other four were also conveyed away, ma.
king the whole number killed ~!
The school honse is large four story build
log; the ground floor being unoccpicd, and in
the second story are the Primary Schools the
third story the Female Department and tho
fourth story the Male Department. There
wore in attendance at the time ofthe sad occur
ence, s5l scholars, beside teachers. viz: 763
in the Primary School sos in tho Female De
partment, and $50 ia the malo and tho rush OF
more than one half this number OF chidten at
moment, and the force with which they press.
ed against the railieg was the cause Of It's CIV
ing way. Tho Principal of the Male Depart
mont. MT nlcNdIil, kcFI Hls uols uiOStiy III
school by putting his back against the
door, and preventing their rushing out, oihcr
wise the loss of ifc would have been much
greater The numbers killed belonging 20 the
different departments, according to the la
test and most accurate statements thero arc
"a of the scholars of the Primary School: 5 of
The scholars ofthe Female Department; and
of those Oft Male Department, who it is sup.
posed forced their way down before the toach-
Lot. 4. no.
The nuulbcr Of those known TO be Injured IL
about % or q am,nr whomare several, teach
ers one Of whom, Miss Smith has a leg bro
ken Miss Harrison, who first was attacked,
and whose physical visitation gave the first
cause of alarm. was laboring undef the effects
Of paralysis during tho whole oflast evening,
and among the killed is Mis- Bownell. a teach
er in Tho primary departments, but this last re-
port is not vouched for.
During the hight ofthe excitement. there were
moro than five Thousand psope collected in tho
vicinity all actuated by tho most painful ap-
prehonsions in regard u the result.
Tue Chief of Police, the Mayor. tho RECORD.
cr several Aldermen. the Chief Eugneer, the
Police Captains, the Justices aud all the prom.
inent officers and citzons IN that part OF the
town. were on hand at the earliest moment
Up to the closing OF tho doors tho school
house donsc crowd was gsthered around
tho outrance, and when al was over thero.
they went to the Station House, whore thcy
fingered to tho last moment, discussing the
dreadful affair, and sympalhizing with the dis
tressed relatives,
We heard many stories of narrow and Elm
gnIar escapes, but wo have not space to recount
thcm, Some lcapcd from tho lower windows.
others wero taken out on the ladders, others
escaped oy the back stairs. ~ ag
An important meeting Of the officers and
toachors of tho School was held l,st niaht OF
of which ono of our reporters furnishes tho fol-
lowing account: siett .e.a
Last nighra meeting OF the Ward officers OF
the Common Schools. AMI the nac aud lem
slo teachers was held in tho school.roim OF tho
rr,naa of faL InR