, 1866-06-15
HEARTRENDING CATASTROPHE.
Seven Little Children Killed and Nine
Wounded

TFrpm tho Charleston Courier. June 6th.}
one Of tho most heartrsndinE md R appalling g. =
taetropbes which ws hsve sses eeen called uRon to
Augn-ta branch Of the aouth Carolina hAllroad.
teyentyttx miles from Charleston, between thfee
nes.1 eTey iamily in ihsi village bis been thrown
iniD tbe deepest gloom aud mourning.
The ecene OF this distressing occurrence vas
stosy s tsme building, Known i. Alien Iodes q Free
n,s.one lately n.ed al stnoo house by Nj. Robert
Seabrook and his tit1er. the former having charge
OF ihe male, and the htsez OF the female depart
Into thi. building some eighteen Of the echolars,
boJs and gtrh, bad assembled about three O'Clock
iST Sq bs to ,ous pe snd:
Wh,le n hit net ol spreading lsele for fets.sh-
ments. canaies, cakes. &c, the building wa struck
by violent gale Of wind q tornado ron ~ wal
eaas eye49tane else Setose Il fhe chimney was as.
ried away At the same timt that Ibe 1ooI was fenf
axup1er. An attempt was made BY George W.
Patrick one OF the Older boys. 10 open me aoof,
bnt That was found to ne 20 jaumed a. to DEFY r.
Anohsr et tns 5on'Sn. inow an
Jumped out ior The purpose Of ase.ttng the others,
when Ihe whole building fell, killing young Stew
n md nve o.ns.a tsay ana
| The following are the names and ages Of the
killed &asIeE Angus II. HsAbhh1M, Mis- Hattie
Brabbbam. aged foa1. cen yeals, daughter Of Hamp.
ton NIabbham, Eeq.; Master Charles Stewart, aged
sixteen yearr, son OF iiasford Stewart, Esq Mss
| Ufhanpa Rcnfz, aged Ten Ieats, daughter Of Mts.
1 Euua Hentz, lately removed from ornpReburg !;
Mis- EuphIasia Holman, seed fifteen ear, daugn-
Ter Of E. G. Holman, E'q; Master EiuoEe San
DER. aged etxteen years. ton Of Jsbez handers.
Esq; Matter Charles simmons. aged alx yea.s,
son of \. E. simmons, Esq: The following are the
| uanes Of the Moulded: Georse W. Patrick. Sc
ve1ely; Jamet Rcnnett, eeEesely; Mas Aunio Rem
| nett. severely; Mtes SaIl1e Brao6han. severely.
Mist Julta S1atcr, severely; Mss Hoffman, severe
II; 2hoa. Riyefe, severely; and lHn others slight
IT, whore nar,es we did nor 1caru. Only tWo OF tho
| party excaped entirely nnhurt.
The little MI. Urbtnna Rent, who vas carried
home In dying condition. bore her suffering slth
unusual fortltude. She retained her copsCfousnes.
nn,l tho list, and II er telling her mother not to
weep that she w1s gong 10 heaven, requested that
her BODY might be taken to ofancchurr nad De
posted alonRstds Of her father. VITO died out ie"
! nen,hs before.
| Mort Of tbose Who wert Eavrd we're found where
| they had crept utder the school benches upon
which she &tmbrrs had res1ed after the falling d
| the building.
Dn1 4 lew moments tutaced 10 spread the news
Of this awful catastrophe In the village. and the
whole community foon gathered round the place
Parents relatives and iz7cnda were tn ioe mos1
| dreadful tp-pepee- The bodies of bo;e the hvioa
snd dead we're either covered or weoeed 10 betweel
she heaTY ffbefF. nnd required !bo use ut axes &c
release them. The painful 1cen= which ensued, a.
narrated to M by one Of tho gentlemen VINO assist
| ed, Nas TOO narrowing for ceec11ptun.