Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1851-11-27
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AWFUL CALAMITY IN NEW YORK.

NEw YoHai Nov Ca terrible accident
occurred this afternoon at 2 O'Clock, at the
new public ischoel on Greenwich avenue.
Miss Harrison, teacher in primary school No
&c, was observed, probably from the close
ness of tao room. 10 faint On seeing this,
number of children ran to her side
Others became alarmed. and in their fright
raised the cry Of fite This soon caused the
greatest slafsA and CONSERVATION among the
little, uusaspecting innocents Almost in u
moment they, as with one impulse. made a
general russ for tile doors and windows, and
the stair wsy. which, it seems, was of spiral
form, ana rpauing from the first othe fourth
story ofshe. building
Soon HE press against the balustrade be-
came so great that it gave way, preeipitating
to the aoer below, which was of flag stones
used for play ground, nearly or quite one
hundred Of the little ones The scene at
this moment was awful and heart-rending
beyond description Child after child rush.
cd down tic horrible pit, crushing beneath
their waiglit those who had gone before,
while others leaped voluntarily out Of the
windows, aud others threw themselves down
the chasut mingling their lifeblood with
those already dead and. dying. More than
seventy schildren thus rushed into the laws
Of deaths and although few escape being SCI
rlouslg 1njqed, some fifty we're instantly
killed a ill
The calamity would have been still greater
but for shepresence ofmind of Mr. McNully.
the principal who was in the fourth story.
and who on hearing the cry of FIRE, immedi-
atcly plaeea himself against the door declar-
fhnf &c & h Al. IL
in this manner. His class, by this means,
escaped inesitable destruction
A large number were Immediately car.
ried' to their homes BY their bewildered
parents, 80 that the full extent Of the ealam.
ity cannot ret be fully ascertained
The excitement at the school and at the
Ninth Ward statiqn-house, has been such as
is seldom OF ever seen in our city.
The spectacle of parents clasping their
dead and dying children beggars al attem pt
at description The scene was most lament
able to behpld
The police and staff, the recorder and
mayor, ana many medical gentlemen, we're
promptly on the spot, rendering the suffer
ers sll the aid in their power
An Inquest will be held at nine o'clock.
to-morTSw morning, when the true cause Of
this direfel calamity will be more fully
known .iI
r S.-le11, pm.-Since the above was
sent it has been ascertained that besides
those killaAg some 20 or so are MANNED
some Of then for life. Many Of the little
ones arc 81 dreadfully mangled as to be
scarcely retpgnisable BY their parents. A
number of.the wounded, it is supposed. can
not survives
No Language can half depict the distress
which existkin conFequence-of this most mel.
aneholg disNstcr-
- The BIon. WIZ. LrcAs and r. III. BcrcHEH
Esq sssssressl1 The citizens Of Haspers- Ferry %
saiurday sikht last We irus, these gentlemen
viii cogfinp.f 10 make speeehes-ihcy are doing
yeomas setfssee for The Wing cause
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~ THREE dollar counterfeit bills On The
Farmers and Mechanics Bank Of MARYLAND
are IN ejaculation in Baltimore. The WIG.
nettc consiSts of three female figures, repre-.
senting Agriculture and Mechanics, and on
each side sfj the vignette is die containing
the fgare 8 The notes are, ii every res,
pect, badly executed, and, with little care
easily desfpted