The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-06-13
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sETEN cEILD REN KILLED AND NINE OTHERS weCNsED.
5 9,ke of the most heart,rendcring and appalling
catastrephes which re have ever been called upon
to record, occurred at the village of Banbers, on
! she Augusta branch of the South "CarGEaa Rail
Road, seventy-six miles tromG Charleston, between
three and four o'clock Tuesday. afternoons by
which neaslyegerS family of that village has been
thrcwa into the deepest gloom and mourning. =
+ The scene OF this distressing occurrence was
abont three hundred yards from the depot IN a
two,story frame building, kliown as A lien Lodge
Of fFreenasons, lately used pa school house by
Ar ROBERT SEADRooK and bis sister, tie; former
having charge. OF the aa!e; and the latses of the
female department.. - -: =. ~ : = =: =. -, -
Into thisbniiding some eighteen ofthc scholars,
boys and girls, had assembled about 5 O'Clock for
the purpose of joining in festive party given by
the young misses tot their youthful male friends
While in the act Of spreading table ithrefresh-
rlents, candies, cakes, &c, tie building was struck
by violent gale of wind or tasnaGo from the
West, which passed over the village. taking a
Norheasterty direction, sweeping trees, fences
and everything else before it. The clTimney
was carried away at the same time that the roof
was rent asunder.- An attempt&was made by
GEORGE ". PArRIcE, one ofthe olderboys, to open
the door, but that was found to be so iImmed as
to-defy removal. Another of the youths, CHARLES
STEWART, then proposed to escape by the window,
and jumped out for the purpose Of assisting the
others, when the whole building fell, killing young
STEWART and FIVE others instantly, and wounding
ten others, one Of when expired shorty after
reaching home. .,-... w.. .... =. ....-
The following are the names and ages of the
killed Master ANGUS II. BRABBHAM, aged | 5 years
son Of Major J. j. BRABBHAM; Miss HATTIE BRABB-
HAN, aged IA years, daughter of HAMPTON BRABB-
HAM, ESQ; Master CHARLES STEWART, aged I6
years, son Of HASsFoRD STEWART, Esq; Miss UR-
BANEx RENrz, aged ~ years, daughter Of Mrs.
EMMA RENTz, lately removed from Orangeburg;
Miss EUpHRAsJA HoFFNAN, aged Is years, daugh-
ter of E. C. HOFFMAN, Esq. Master ELMonG SAN
DERs, aged 16 years son of JABEz SANDERS, ESQ.,;
Master CHARLES Sr IONS, aged 8 years, son Of \.
f. SIMMONS, Esq. The following are the names OF
the wounded: GEO. ". PATRICK, severely; JAMES
REENETT, severely; Miss ANNIE RENNErT, severe
~; Miss SALnE BRABBHAM, severely, Miss JULIA
SLATER, severely; Miss EeFFM4N, severely; TE9s.
RIVERS, severely; and two others slightly, whose
names We did not learn. Only two Of the party
escaped entirely unhurt - -.-. - -
The little Mss URBANNA RENTz, who was car
ried home in dying condition. bore her suffering
witlRanuSual fortitude. She retained her con-
sciousness until the last, and after telling her
moeher not to weep that she was going to heaven,
requested that her body might be taken to Orange
burg and deposited alongside of her father who
died but few months before. Most Of those who
we've saved were found where. they had crept
under the school benches upon which the timberS
had rested after the falling of the building.
But few moments suficed to spread the news
Of this awful catastrope in the village, and the
whole community soon gathered round the place.
Parents, relatives and friends were in the most
dreadful suspense. The bodies Of both the living
and dead were either covered or wedged in be-
tween the heavy timbers, and required the use OF
axes to release them The painful scene which
ensued, as narrated 10 us by one Of the gentlemen
who assisted, was too narrowing for Description.
We can only tender our heartfelt sympathies, as
we'll as the syrnpathes Of our people, to the be-
reaved and afflicted community of Bamberg in
this sudden and appalling calamity.