Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1851-12-11
The Tragedy nj New YorIx.

cident at New York, by which the lives
of so many children have been suddenly
sacrificed, and sorrow and desola.ion
brought to many parental hearth. has
infused feeling Of deep lamensaiion and
sympathy not only in the vicinity Of the
occurrence, but wherever the intelligence
has sped on The electric wings Of the tcI-
|segraph. Every eve is fearful; every
throat is choaked with grief.
The New York Commercial Adyer-
User Of Friday. in Publishing an outline
Of the melancholy events. says:
.The list shows fifty dead and foriy-
eight injured. Il is very possible, and
indeed probable, that tire names Of all
The sufferers have not yet been reporse,l.
as they were carried home by their reIa-
tives soon after the occurrence. Baskets
full of clothing. taken from the bodies ot.
the dead. have been taken charge Of by
the polices aAd are now at the station
house"
The same paper also says:
Last evening there was meeting Of
the commissioners, trustees, male teach
ers. and others. for the purpose of I'M
vestigating tile causes of The calamity.-
This morning jury was sworn IN by
Justice Bleakley, the acting coroner, and
they are engaged to-day in visiting the
various residences OF t1e deceased 10
view the bodies. Il no. probable that
any testimony will be taken until to- NOR
row. We abstain from any remarks n
bout the security of the hanisters. The
question of contract erections will psoba-
bly, be discussed hereafter.
Tie following sympathetic onibars. of
the New York Courier and Enquirer ON
this occasion. is no less beautiful than
true, and has It's application beyond the
immediate scene Of the heari-rending
calamity:
lis long since any catastrophe has
SO painfully thrilled our city as tha, which
occurred Yesterday afternoon in the
Ninsh Ward. /. sent shudder through
every feeling heart. The place, the
cause. the circumstances, the victims, all
combined 10 give fearful impressiseness
to the event. The evening ircs Of thou-
sacds Of households beamed on moiston-
ed eyes and paIlid cheeks as The taIa
went round from father. mother, sister,
brother. Il was a tale, Indeed, that
came Monochrome TO every hmily asso-
citation, home to every domestic sympa-
thy. ii told too well how fiagiIe are the
ties we most dearly prize. Il brought
TO the mind thoughts Of yearning hearts
in an instant crushed, and happy hearths
in moment made desolate. 'ris ever
hard TO yield to death the idols Of our
love. But to stand BY the bedside of
the dying one, and watch the spirit gens-
" loose itself from earth, and daily put
on more and more of its heavenly raj
meni, is easy, it is easy indeed. in COM
parison with what we hare to suffer
when the loved one, who but a moment
before was rejoicing our soul like an
imperishable blessing, is, as il were, in
The twinkling of an eye, snatched from
our side forever. Who thar has not ex-
perienced them shall imagine the panss
Of that trials The anguish Of these par
ents whose darling ones crossed their
thresholds with cheeks flushed in health, :
and eyes beaming in gladness, only 10 be
brought home bruised. broken corpses;
but this. indeed, is no theme for u.s.
May God be with them in their tr,bulas
tion.'