Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-11-13
Panic In tho Mott Street School Of the
Trnnsn gurntion..--Narrow Escape
from n Terrible Disaster.

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Yesterday, at about eleven o'clock A. NJ,
the School Of the Trans6guration In Mot,
street wal the scene Of q panic, which, bu,
for the GOODNESS and heroism displayed by
the teachers connected with the 1nstitu-
ton, would probably have resulted in q
terrible catastrophe. The details Of the
exciting scene, As elected BY our reporter,
are as follows:
In the immediate rear Of the school
room, and occupying the premises Nc. A
Mulberry street, . distillery has recently
been constructed. For the purpose Of
testing the enormous boilers connected
with the establishment, q powerful head oil
steam wal introduced into the tubes,
which after satisfactorily demonstrating the
capacity Of the machinery, was allowed
suddenly to escape through the valves.
As might naturally DO supposed, the great
pressure in the boilers below forced the
steam through the narrow ori6ce Of the
pipes With great velocity. creating . din
and uproar, which startled the neighbour
hood for blocks around. Standing at the
distillery next to the school above-men-
toned, the report in that locality was
doubly intensified. Mistaking the uproar
for the explosion Of the boilers, and the
steam which wal waited through the
open windows Of the school room a. the
smoke of the burning building.
The entire school, consisting OF above
1900 children, male and female, Of ages
from six to seventeen years, Immediately
sprang to their feet, and rushing towards
the doors and Windows, soon choked
these means Of egress with q shrieking,
terror-stricken crowd. The youngest
children were knocked down and tram
pied upon BY their more athletic COM
panions, and many were so seriously in
jured that they were removed from the
struggling crowd in Q half-dead condition.
The building occupied BY the school is
two stories in hight, and the scene in the
upper rooms, owing to the increased diff
Guilty Of escaping from the building, were
consequently Of . wilder character than
those witnessed below. Despite the en-
deayors Of the teachers to prevent the
panic-stncken children from precipitating
themselves down the stairway, hundreds
were forced headlong down the steep de.
scent, only to DO trodden on BY those who
pressed them from behind, while others,
in their frantic endeavors to escape from
the terrible scene, sprang over the balus-
trade into the entry beneath, to the immi-
nent risk Of life or limb. Three Of the
scholars, whose names our reporters were
unable to learn, were very seriously In
jured. Several Of the older scholars
threw themselves from the upper windows
into tho street below, all Of whom, strange
to say, escaped with slight bruises. Tho
timely arrival upon the scene Of . hook
and ladder company prevented q oontinu-
alton Of the hazardous feat ladder
being placed at the window, down which
the affrighted children were passed to the
crowd Of anxious parents who watched In
trembling anxiety for their children in tho
streets below. In this manner the entire
upper rooms were emptied, with the ex-
eeption Of such ss forced their way BY
means Of the stairs to the hall. way below.
Upon searching the rooms after the panic
had subsidized, several Of the female teach.
srs were found In an inssnsibls condition,
they having swoonsd from fright and Z
citsmsnt.-E 7. Ssb OF. lS. a .