The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-11-27


and the whole room va. it u,,,,
tive With the cry ol Gre G,e " ~
served to increase the pani, IA, :,
Of the children now reached ,bc;. ~. va
max, and with screams Of terror w.,
all rushed in body through tho l, ,.,
TO tho stairs. The alarm vas ,;r'.
to the other rooms on the sanc 49,.
and communicated u those g Il
Principal Of the School and h,s a,,,
tants Who occupied the ,hirl eo's
and :. was gcncaylly believed hy "a
that the building was cn G,c "
McNu'ly immediately placed b:n,",
IN front OF the door Of his ouu r"'.
and forbade any Of his Scholar, =,
leave, and VIC bear that one Of t'
other teachers did tho same. r.,
children Of the other Department.
rushed out Of tho doors Of their -,
pcctlve rooms. 1t is said ,hcr, ,,.,
some two or three hundred in ~.
room at tho time, and III, seen. v,,
absolutely frightful, when in III, r-r~
zy Of alarm, they were collected IN ,
struggling, screaming crowd A, In,
head Of the long winding s.a;rv,,
leading from the third story 70 Ie
ground. With a total loss oI sr,C
control they had become wci.cd :,
scthcr in n mas, between tho ,h,A,.
listers and the wall uron the s,a,s,y
A. this moment the pressure BEGAN.
to great for the balu,ters t, sustain
and with . crash which echoed ev,,
above the screams Of the little bow.
and girls, they gaze ray.
Tho consequences we're indeed a,
pslIing. About ono hundred h,,Ie
girls and boys we're rrcciIi,atel from
the stairway and dashed u,n III.
stone pavement in the coar. ysrI
about 80 feet below. An power, Of
description are beggarci By the
scene.
In q few moments the spot VIA
surrounded by a horror stricken crowd
agonized parents were there, (for how
speedily travels the news Of danger to
them We love,) trc1nblmsly STRIVING
to rescue from the manglcd remain,
before them, those who were dcars.,
to them-their children.
An immense crowd soon COLLECTED
before the doors Of the Ward School
building, extending through Green
wich avenue for the lenght ola h',c.
and it was with the greatest jihcu,.
that Police Captain Lovctt, with Il.
assistants, Teh and Seahrirs, and ,
force Of policemen. could dischar e
the melancholy duty of remo,inG tie
dead and wounded to the ninth war
station.house, a few rods from the
scene Of the accident. Many VI tn,
bodics--wo believe 1s.--were prev
Gus to this recognized by their l4r
cnts and friends and taken TO the
homes.
Upon reaching tho Station iIorsc
the bodies were deposited upon he'd
in an inner room, and the .cca
which followed, was heart rendius-
that of the recognizing of tho dead \
their hcart-broken parents.
Tho Station House was surroualt
! by q saddened crowd until, aud eve
after night had come on. The /,
port Of the disaster spod like wild fir
and in q short time after It's occur
ence, brought together persons from
all parts Of the city, who were dcsir
Gus Of ascertalning the particulars d
the affair. On the whole, a d.aso
80 largely latal, SO sudden, 80 III
looked for and 50 peculiar III It's ella
acter, has rarely il ever before Ct
Cured among Us. Its victims scr
exclusively those Of tender aye, f
whom long lives Of haprinca, m5
have been expected. A great chnns
, has within a day come oven tie il
habitants Of the oh Wand anl j
vicinity. Scores Of bcrcavcd fan
lies asonize over tho blow which h
fallen upon them, and the blight who
has como with such startling She
, upon their domestic happiness.
). A despatch dated last cycnIn,
states the number Of deaths to
/ FIFTY, and that the list Of injar'
! was found largely increased fror. fir