Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-11-27
Horrible Accident-Torty-eight
Children Killed,

count Oh SHOCKING cdtdstIOPuG thAt ocC0Ieu
IN tina. city on Thursday. as pubhshed in the
Boston papers. Nnppears that about so'clock,'
Just before the pupils of Ward school No. rs,
occupying the fns new. building on Greenwich
avenue. near 9th avenue. we're about to break
up school, the principal OF the department in
the third story of the building was seized with
sudden Illness Of the paralytic nature, which
took such curious effect upon his face that it
caused the grcatest alarm among the children,
the majority of whom were girls, ranging from
six to eight years of age. The CONSERVATION
gradually increased, and 10 the midst of it the
alarm of FIRE was raised. The children at once
made for the stairs. which in their eagerness,
they completely blocked up, and became wedg-
ed between the banisters, when they gave way
and scores of the children were precipitated to
the ground. about thirty feet. The scene that
followed battles all description. The parents of
the children quickly assembled around the
building. and as body after body was taken out
dead or injured, the screams of the mothers
was heart-rending. So far as they were able
ascertain, the correct list of the dead is forty
eight in number, while there are probably more
than double that number more or less injured.
Some cannot recover, and doubtless by the next
mail the list will be considerably augmented.
The school was one Of the largest in the city,
numbering 1888 scholars.
The calamity would have been still greater
but for the presence of mind of Mr.. Nulty, who
was in the story above. (,he fourth) and, who,
on hearing the cry of fire, Immediately placed
himself against the door. declared that none Of
the children should go out in this manner
thus saving his class from inevitable destruc-
ton. ..--.--f -.Y -..e tr-
The accounts Of the agony of families and
the bereavements of parents are most heart
rending. and several persons it is feared will be-
come insane from the suddenness of the acct
dent and the ncuteness of the pain produced.
Various reports are in circulation as to the
cause Of the banisters giving way, one of which
is that some firemen who got into the building
and finding the stairway blocked up, climbed
up outside the banisters. and thus broke them
down. The calamity is due in a great degree
to the thoughtlcss firemen and others outside
who raised the alarm Ct fire and surrounded
the entire building with shouts and cries, we'll
calculated to create panic among the chill
dren. %
Later accounts state that the number of the
killed is now ascertained to be .ffy and the
wounded although not fully ascertained will
probably reach sirty or seventy. Many who
were not injured bodily, are probably seriously
affected by the fright; while many of the pa
rents it is feared will become insane. ......
THE CHRISTIAN MIRROR is out again after
temporary suspension of week or two, caused
by the recent burning of the office of publica-
ton, looking as bright as ever. The indepen-
dent course father Cummings has pursued up
on certain questions, upon which many re.
ligious associations Of his own denominations.
as we'll as individuals. have "run mad" has
subjected him to the mos. violent opposition
and abuse, and we are happy to perceive the
dawn of a brighter prospect in the future for
our prosecuted venerable friend, of which the
is but faint foreshadowing. In
communication to the Christian Mirror the
writer says
DEAR SIR:-I enclose you two dollars for the
Mirror. l assure you that sympathize with
you in your confusion; although I regret to be
deprived of the Mirror even for single week,
yet feel that no one has the least cause for
dissatisfaction in the proposed delay l have,
as you may see from your books, been a SUBJ
scriber to the Mirror for several years; have
been reader of it much longer. You may
know that am Baptist, and as such, of course
do not agree with ererything | find in the paper.
Yet let me say, tina, l consider it one of the
best, rery best, papers in the country. The at
lacks SO frequently made on the paper. and on
yourself, are unjust, ungentlemanly, not to say
unchristian. In some late articles in the In
quirer, relating to new paper, there was at
least an insinuation that you had failed to sus-
tain not only the anti-slavery cause, but also
other moral reforms. That writer ought to
know, may say, does know-that your paper
was an early Zone of the earlicst) friend of the
efforts for the promotion of peace and of tenn
perance. 1t has ever been faithful to those
causes, and has doubtless done as much for them
as any one paper, hardly excepting those ex
pressly devoted to those objects 1 would write
more, for my feelings prompt it, but my en-.
gagements forbid
Wishing you the blessing of God, and much
patience under cbuse, l am yours in the Cos
pei.
We are happy to believe, that paper estab.
lished in opposition to the Mirror, for the rea-
son that that paper will not take the dismaion
stand of a few rabid reformers, who would turn
the world upside down by their superior wis
dom, and perfectness OF morals, lin their own
view) would but serve TO swell the number of
subscribers and increase the patronage of the
Mirror establishment at least two fold. We
have heard expressions of late sufficient to war.
rant this belief, so far as this section is con.
cerned. That father Cummings has discharged
what he has believed to be his duty, in regard
to these questions, is accorded by all Of his own
denomination, whose good opinion is worth
having. ~ .,. ..-.-i..r ,.5. .... .rdy. yt
% We noticed last week, the fact that our
friend Geo. C. Swallow, Esq. Principal of the
Hampden Academy, had been elected to the
Profcssorshp of Chemistry and Mineralogy in
the University OF Missouri, at St. Louis. Mr..
Swallow is a native of Buck6eld in this State,
and graduated at Bowdoin College, Brunswick,
with "a high reputation for scholarship, and
abilities in the Fall Of 1913, in the same class
with the late Hon. S. X. Thurston, the first
member of Congress from Oregon. After grad
Mating. he resided several years in Brunswick,
as the Principal of the Academy of that place
meanwhile dcvoting all his leisure time to the
investigations of his favorita ecancee IF Cham