The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-12

Glendinning, Dayiss Go, report through their
DISASTER.
a School Blown DOwn-FOur Hundred
Persons Buried.

From The London Daily NeLOs, Dec. 20.
shocking calamity occurred al RoGhdale on
Sunday, The weather in that to Wn was boiste-
rous, and the wind blew in fearful gusts in the
streets. In new street of Spotland road, a
row OF houses has just been completed, and
two of them are so constructed as TO answer
the purposes OF Sunday School Mr Beswick,
of Manchester, was the contractor, and
Mr.. Turner, of Yorkshire street, and Mr..
Watts, schoolmaster, were the owners, aud
had opened the school under the sane
ton OF The Wesleyan body, TO ascertain II
new school IN that part of the town would
answer. If not, the building was so Constructed
that at any time 1t could be altered into two
houses. On Sunday the place was opened Tor
service for the hrst time, and IN the afternoon
Nj. John Ash worth, author OF "Straage Tales"
preached sermon. There were present abolt
400 persons. The services began at 2'30, and
shortly after one OF the windows was bio Vn
OF it, and the service proceeded until 1866, when
another violent blast heaVed up the root, the
gable fell in, and the two side walls fell
inwards, after which the roof crashed in upon
the whole. distressing scene of con.
fusion and horror ensued. Some hundreds of
the ur fortunate persons managed to creep out
from under the debris, but large number were
buried beneath and their cries for help we're
piteous to hear. Those that had escaped and
the neighbors heroicaly pulled away the fallen
timbers and bricks, and gradually released the
unfortunate persons. The fire brigade, AMI Cap
tain Davies, with the Police force, soon appeared
at the scene, and eXerted themselves in removing
the fallen building and lberating the injured
persons. Miss Nuttall Mary's-gate, milliner,
tor half an hour was imprisoned by a large
beam on her feet, and she displayed great fortl-
tude and patience until released. From the
time the catastrophe happened to the time when
all were taken out about an hour and hall
elapsed. SO far as could be ascertalned at
the time, no persOn was killed, but
the following persons were seriously
injured: - Miss Jane Cooper, Hudson
street, of spotland place, fractured fore
arm. Miss MARY Clegg, SDOtlaud road,
fractured thigh; Mrs Sarah Kay, wife Of Mr..
james Kay, Mitchell street, fractured leg; Mr..
James Taylor, Spotland road, fractured forearm;
Mr. James Sharples, Hpotland road, injury to
back; Miss KershaW, Simeon street. injury to
leg; Miss Sarah Trickett, injury to leg; Miss
Nuttall, st. Mary's gate, compound fracture TO
leg: Mr. LomoX, Book Peel street, ineised wound
back of the head; MIR. Edmund Repley, Moles-
worth street, two OF three scalp wounds; Rev.
Mr.. Elston, of Yorkshire street, two large scalp
wounds; Mr. Turner, draper, Yorkshire street,
bruises on the head; Alexander Pitts, son of
Rev. Mr.. Pitts. Fentou street, leg and thigh
broken; Mr. L. LIE Wis, Mitchell street. right foot
crushed; Mr.. Ratclife, OF Small street (who
at MIR. Henry Kelsall's mild, injured, bat it Is
thought not seriously; Miss Porter, miliner,
Yorkshire street, slightly injured; Mr.. Tyson, OF
Freehold, head Injured.
The top part of Messrs. Scott Pilling's fac
tory chimney at Rochdale, was blown down,
and the bricks penetrated tue roof OF cottage
in Dawson square, but fortunately none OF the
occupants were injured. Part Of the front walls
of Methodist New ConDeXion Chapel in the
course of erection in John street, Rochdale, was
also bio Wn down.