The New York herald., 1851-11-22


james A. Euren, ISL Fourth street
Hugh Thistle, T3 Barrow street
Harriet Howe
Emma Hatfield
George Mills
Rumor had q larger number of recent deaths rut the
police in the Ninth ward The number Of dead known
the authorities up late hour Last night only forty
dead or Injured who are not reported their friends viii
confer favor by sending their names and places of
residence to the station house soon As possible.
IL Is singular that so few limbs fractured. SO
far only child has been found who has suffered rch
injury and that is the Of Jeremiah Edwards who
has number Of ribs broken and had fracture Of the
DR. vanderpos restored one child from apparent life
lessness BY the use Of galvane battery The little pa
There was a rumor sfoat that child named Riker
was dead IT l23 Perry street but this proved to be In
correct
The teachers who yesterday reported seriously
injured, sll doing we'll.
Mics Harrison Is great deal better and was able to
sit up yesterday This the young lady whose sudden
illness caused the FIRST fright of tho chdren She
seized with sort Of paralysis
Miss Van Week u not seriously injured
Miss Smith wss reported as having broken her ancls
This = mistake; she only sprsned her sncle.
Miss Mcfarland is not injured at all
Miss Trsphsgens injuries not OF a serious charsc.
ter, and che will, no doubt, have quite recovered in
There truth 10 the report that one OF the teac
ers In the male department jumped out OF window.
Among the lately reported injured ones are
Q second story window. He viii probably recover.
Chester Fountain. corner Of Greenwich avenue snd
Perry street badly hurt but no doubt OF his recovery
Charles Dunn Of Ts Twentieth street has received So
vrps mai h ns % TUSsd anas blood
from his ipjuries.
.Lsrrss
The following letter as will be seen by signature
,msnatt, from of the teachers in the building
THrpsp.y EvrsrSG, November 70 1851
Mrssrs EDfroHs-I take an opportunity to give you
few regard the ssd and calamity which
occurred this afternoon, ct Ward school rwenty-six
situated In Greenwich avenue at the head Of Charles
street The accident happened At about tive clock and
the circ pmetsncet are "A folowss-
There were, at the time about eighteen hundred chill
dren In the three departments The Principal Of the
Yemss Department while engaged In teaching sudssy
fell prostrste 10 fsintDg 1T The young lasiss were
fears In shries and cries and many ef them rushed
into the adjoining apartments
The cbdr,n Of the three depsrtmonts. hearing these
scresms and fupposing that the building on irr,
became much excited that the te@chsrs ost all
troll th,m, aud then general rush was ma H. for
the door. The children Of the primsry department
hlled the hrst flight Of stairs asa lhs esty b-owss
closely that The doors which opersi inward could not
be opeped The children OF the female department.,
rushing out checked by the jam below.
aud the stairs crowded that the rafting
gave way for tvo flights and ths ehids~n uP,a them
-tre pfecipsted upon the heads of thoss b-low
e them falling hteen feet The scene which snsuei
u beyond all description The children piled In.
dcrimnssey In an srea Of about tan feet to The height
Of nearly many more where many suocste1
or otherwise Killed The boys from the male depart
ment rushed down the back stairs and stopPea by
door. which. like thoee In mont opened inward and
the back stairs preseDed similar to tina, In the
mont entry and two boys ver- fatally Injured
here Many boys leaped from the vindows some of
them from the second story The bells we're ruug, and
The street, in front nllet With distracted
psr.nis and the excitement in and around the building
vae immense
The Whole and sole cause Of this melancholy casualty
simply the aintiDg Of the teacher sud the cries
and fhriekr OF the members of her class which we're
mistaken by the other scholars In the building A.
als of hrp, aud which suddenly Allied them with
that the teachers lost s control them, and
could not prevent the rush 70 the doors
TEACHER IN THE BUILDING
Mr. O. Benedict the President Of the Board of Edu.
cation attended the Coroner and the trustees in their
visit % vev the bodies of the deceased The Board OF
Education v probably meet to-day at an early dag
week to take the subject Of the disaster into con
derston The Mayor and Common Council deem II Pre-
per leave the matter for the present In the hsnds Of
that Board
s-A h report Of the investigation before the 90
roper jury ru be published IN u morrO~s usRAAD~