New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-24

soon filed the staircase and the badly con-
| sIucted banisters gave way, whereby these poor
children were hurled ole upon the other until the
| whole passage way some twelve feet high, became
filed Up Not beng able to open The doors, suffoca'
| ton soon tcCh place.
Many instances Of heroisIn and seltsscrfce on
the pnt of the children are told One poor girl who
OIL the staircase after The balus,rades had goae
feeling herself fercsly pressed toward the ecge Of
the fearful gulf threw her arms around younger
girl next TO her, who having more support, stood IN
10 immediate danger. The little one feeling the
grasp lei friend said, "Anne, let go, please, or
| you will drag me down with YOU" And Anne did
etgo. A few instants she keps her footing, then
reeled ard fell upon the mass Of sufferers below"
where she suffered speedy death
Anins.ance Of fra.ernal devotion IS told Of one A
| 5ed Gage. who, after reaching the ground floor IN
safety saw his brother the fatal staircase vany
seeking TO retain his footing. Alfred attempted 20
stem the living tide, and 10 make his way through It
to assist his brother but his efforts were fIuitless
and placing himself below the little feo he told him
10 spring DO IN, hight oftweniy feet. Thus called
upon the boy made the frgh.ful leap into the arms
of his brother, and both fell among the dying and
wounded, withou, being in the least injured.
At the time of the alarm, Miss Mary E. Higgins
one Of the teachers of class had so children from
10 10 years Of age, in class 6 feet square.
! The panic seized them, and she could not restrain
! them They escaped from the room, and three were
| killed some Of them jumped ont ofa window. Ihe
! httle ones were completely beside themselves, and
! quite a number began TO take of their clothes and
| shoes. This was singular move, but being COM
menced by some of the scholars, the rest folio we'd
! their example, not knowing what they did
There are many instances OF painful mental sur
ferng connected with this affair, but they are OF
nature that forbids public delIneatlGn We hear OF
two OF three instances where the bereayed parents
! have manifested unmlstakable signs Of insanity.
Such dreadful misfortune, occurring at moment
aid III a place where the most perfect security was
! tie natural and reasonable anticipation, was quite
sufficient to upset the hrmest mental faculties.
Among the singular escapes which have come to
our knowledge, we mentOn the following
a girl OF about 10 years OF age Jumped from one
Of ne WINDOWS Of the Female Department and was
partially caught by man "ho saw the act. The
| girl escaped with only spraned ankle, While the
| man was quite seriously bruised by the conclusion.
We have seen young lad wRo insists that we
! shall not mention his name, who almost fought at
the door Of one Of the class rooms IN the Female
| Department 10 prevent the scholars from rushing
into the hail, lie made the most manful struggles,
but was finally forced along with the current, and
| came very near going down the dreadful preclpce
! at the front stairway.
one gIrl. about nine years 3D. came within
! hairs breadth of destruction She had Oeen forced
over the pTeClpce by the CROWD, but 1t CHANGED that
her dress caught upon projecting fragment OF the
banisier and held her for at least minute over the
yawning gulf. She was finally rescued b. some
!
| ~ Department
one gentleman, who seems to have peculiar
taste for Natural History, says that ca. who has
/ made her home in the building, by some means
escaped 10 OF the windows OF the upper stories,
whence frightened by the dreadful cries Of me chll
oron, she loaped into the vacant lot or nursery on
I the north slCe, and ran to the residence OF Mr..
Shaw the gardener. So great was her fTlgh. that
She renamed under the house until the next day.
When the first alarm spread, ii was coupled with
the rtporthat the house fire, and the gather
inn If no 4pn 4
/ frenzy. OF course no regard was paid TO dress IN
such on emergency nearly all the women were bare
headed, and in instance, as We are informed, an
almost distracted mother was seen In the foremost oil
the crowd with no dress, having been summoned
while changing her dress for dinner.
A great many fathers and brothers of the children
were IN the lower part Of the City when the catas
! trophe occurred, and went home with happy hearts
to greet their innoconis The reader can Imagine
their feelings when the forms OF loved ones lay be-
foie them IN the rgld silence OF death.
But We need not pursue these painful details
There is not OF the thousand intimate friends OF
the dead who could not give some pinful chapter OF
sorrow vet fOrOear these private grleis are not
for the public eye much of the Holiness OF SORROW is
| lost when we have sharers IN our sympathy, espe-
.,Is =, ma me .nAe.o. OF some ,or1.,is
| laInity we become suddenly sclhsh we coVet the
last sigh of sorrow the last eroan OF grlei we iooS
upon desolatiOn as sacred TO ourselves Atone ana
are Jealous of tie sympathy even OF those VINO nave
! night TO share our Affections.
As We have before remarked, we might relate
many interesting incidents OF this awful calamity,
but the persons and the circumstances forbid their
| publication the holiness OF SORROW should not be
! lightly invaded unless some Important result is
sure 70 follow such publications, II were better that
! they were not made.
! Our desks crowded with communications IN re-
gard to this affair, with suggestions for improvement
| In such buildings, &c, bdt We must wall while
| before reading them
! Tune raj Ceremonies over the Remains of four
! of the Victims.
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CONGREGATION assembled at the Baptist Church, in
West Sixteenthst, to attendthe funeral ceremonies
performed BY Rev Joseph Taggarl pastor, over the
remains of Miss Penchafd Miss DeSoe, and the two
children Of Mrs. Woolley.
4 prayer was offered up 20 Almighty God, by Rev.
/ MI Seoly in which he touchlngy alluded 10 me
young creatures who had been SO suddenly calcd
from this life and PRAYED that the hearts OF the be-
Ieaved nare1ts miph be conferred by Him who can
alore speak comfort &c the afflicted and bind up the
bruised heart =,
Inc conclusion Of the prayer. Rev Nh Tsggart
deI,vered a funeral sermon The reverend gentle
man was much affected in the course OF ms ADDRESS
lie commenced ms sermon (sayS The Herald by that
beautiful imagery OF the inspiieo Mi'y yh a,o, -
but a vapOr, and soon passeth away. VINO auiol5
rs haze not Observed the beautiful CLOUDS Whlch
early in the morning surround the mountain We
With haze OF glory ano through Ietnrn to tb1t
oioricus scene in midday, al! those clouds Will nave
yapished-passcd away-all ABSORBED. Emu ms i
| life ii Is but shadow passing Clouu. W ' a'
beautiful cloud that when was gdtneilhg III
| D., fa,ai schooLhouse on the morning OF thursday
last What a beautiful cloud Of HE did all those
dear chitren repre- sent, And now II mas passed
avnv. and IS no more. How melancholy J. Inc
! Siobi here pleseated TO cur view this morn
ing What a sad calamity has covered TINS vast
assembly And yet We are but hah1iel a,nons
those Mo arc row plunged in the deepest sorrow
Tb,ft ~ these dear children three mornings since,
asitev left their homes their cheeks glowing win
health ard life as they kissed Their parents WIN
| b,-a' tn ~, Wa
fnc,.,1o il was for ,he last time. and that IL rev
short hours those loved forms would oe ciasped IN
the cold embrace of death And 10" looA a. mem
| Iere Their spirits have let them-thelf lie hds
| conc orr DAYS are SUMTER than the weayefS smut
Re. We al know how quickly The shuttle mes Is
through the loom, and ho~ specify 'he "eo a