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 Our city is m deep gloom in cpnssa ii,s,.. ,g a., aneooiT aad heart renaing sceaaent whtss ,s cuued ths afternoon. Many homes tts, s,. s o hoars aso were the scenes si hapy.esS ,.s tl. " saite'aaiisas, where dargef was a,., are,-.s ..s and every co9atceance was hriehi us,h s,,' " aow present deep ineiancAol and ssi Eyes that were brght are aoodea u,,a ,esss s,i yoiceS that were nseFfy ate turned 10 wat.6e srse aetasls ei shst sad calamity, as near ss have hss able b aSceflain. are as follows,
 Abort two o'clack ihiS as,espnsn. MssS Jf.r-,so. teacher in Pranary ScAool No 26 Was ahservse PsoeAoly fsom the cinseRess of iae room, to ag,, on scettig tblS, aumhes of children ssn te ls- site--0iheTs beeame alarmed, and n ,4gs3r ffsgbs rdised the cFy ol fire. Thts soon Saases Tho gyss, est alarm and cansleyastion salone the bs5}e nn. saspec'ing lnnoeeRls, Almost ta manaea; tkev aS with eae napaiSe, made general faSh f,r t6s a9oFs and windows and the statgwap svhjeh s seems WAS ci splsal form, and faaaiae f9so th, Nfst to the foufth story of ,ne hnilding Sson ts. press against the haaSlYade became s syeat ihsI,, gave way, rrecipisstiag 10 the haof beio,s. wA,cb was oi sSs stones, used for play eround neEry eF qaite, one handfeG Of tbe litiie oaes. The scene st th's moment was awful and heart reading, be- youa description
 Child after child rushed down Inc hosstble ,f crasilng beneath lhelr weight those wao lad ssBe before, while others lespea voluntarily eut 5f th. windows and others tkrsw themselves down tE,, caasIn tnlaghng thesr hie blood with tbose sl,e,8 dead and dyng. More than seventy ekisdFen tbas rushed into the jaws of death: and aithonsA f-w escaped being seriously injured, Some fifty were instantly killed.
 The calamity would have boen s,.l, greater lr, tor the presence ef mind of Mf. MeSenv. the Principal, who was in the fourth s.nsy; and who on hearing the cry Of fire Immediately pacea hiru. sell against he door, dseiaring that noHe of the ehtGreh should go out{n thls hianAcf Hs class, by this means, escaped inevitable destruction. The following lsa list of the dead thus iay as cersained: ssinma Gldsfseeve Anna Slase laeah SpinStead, Matthew Wood, Edwir Gieuray. sarah BegaIt, John Sand, Anna Wooley Ca,aar.as Dow
 ay, Julia Deiaao, 4. Von TaSsel. Mss Brown. Ls. | ey Carlon, John Knapp. Anna M ILn John Me. | Mann, Mary C, Baxter, Sarah Bagardus Charles C. Moaye, George Hill, Anna Vau Dusen Geotse | Wascaia. Jane M. DeVoe, Jane CuEa, Della Ack.
 ernan, Abby A. Jacobs, Amanda Hod Anaa E. FhFop. Beh Jacobs, Alfred Pike. Geo. Qaaosen- buSs, Margery Stevens, Harry Abbott. Norris W al- drou, Sarah Levy. CathaTine Reynolds, Ellsa O. l Neili, Mary Harper, and Mary Leaehatd. Besides those, many others were dreadfully injured l No language can half depict the distress which
 exists tn consequence of this most melancholy dis.
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 | large number were immediately carried 10
 tetI AoileS oN tileif Dewltacteu pafentS--So that
 the full extent of the calamity caanot yet be fuly | ascertained.
 The excitement al the school and al the 9th ward station house has been such as $ seldom uf never seen in our city.
 l The spectacle of parents elaSping thelF dead and dying children, bsegars ali attempts descrp- ton. The scene was most Iamsntable to behai. The police and statf. the recorder and mayer, and many medical gentlemen were promptly upon the spot, rendering the sufferers all the aad iu theIr power.
 An inquest will be held at nine o'clock ta rnor- row morning, when the true cause of tAis dread ful calamity will be more fully known. P. S.-l04, PM. Since inc above was sent, it has been sscertained that besides those Killed, some 70 or so are ma,ned--some ot them are 80 dreadfully msnsled as to be scarcely recognizable by their parents-a number of the wounded, t IS supposed, cannot Survive.---B Bal. Clipper.