The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-03-03

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tttis arhniafs fhe tflahtfaef thli
dfra tese NJ fsn iiaWn ihs HiHifeah
ana sisietN ~ thrm tft iHist tHd arfi
sssi uthsfs ssnnusif inlufsd itlIahie
scenes,
Ffs VneF. f.mwn n
Anuuihfesk NJ nfr uuirf the stairs nn M
tsouHi Hunt W NE ichn l.iHuie tfia hat 10
the Upfmaa n $3.50 rihnn0 r1urth NJ ihH
Mnat iinly iiniffmn fh fuu m HNei D.
twpoh ~ nui 4 anf FIRST avenue, ~ ala
aoinok thnHiiufuo iu, ranari y plnic WI ~
ieuiitd IN IN 4 9TH ~ fifteen little Rlflf ani /
iha maimina n many onoH Over etvoh |
hundred sohalaH mostly N ldion = ha poor |
~ class :, faneinf frun 1it 10 "iuFrn ytais |
Ia ara, attended The hsHi Hai wtia IN |
their class rom, vtoi ~ alifm ui htu
waa plvrh 1hf sstcfs qulotlf mnrihilod
tho th ldfcn and before hdi min
ute hal elapsed half VI ihom had fonohnd
the street Nv nno ataltwas the other
beins usuless Nv reason ~ the ntu Hnd amuto
Tho other half would have aulchlY marched
cut uuharued hui that the sister M charge "
No cla'a, overcome by tho peril ~ hnf
charges. awounrd away. THIS class INN ~
nirly hcfnmo pauic stricken, broke away rpin
MI " alfalnt ihfcw tho other rapidly mar, hlnH
nHsea into confusion, Hnd Nil rushed for the
halfway, On lhr stairs already eruwduh,
deadly crush iuok place The railing ol tho
stairs broke aud n mnss nf struggling children
was prooipitntrd ~ tho nonf below. 7 he little
ones fell In packed mass one upon anolhcr
from four 10 nvo deep The pollc' and iirc
men. who had alrt ndy bnrh snmin lned, mr.
rived, hut their wurk of rescue W., much
hamporcd by tho frightened eh ldron, who
continued to TAIL ur leap from the stairway,
| those In front beng crowded over the broken
l'alusirado BY those behind, still struggling 10
10 Oh tho exit
| Tho 1ro ton which thu smoke spfond
THO iph tho building brinR M such terrible
rcsul o. the innocent rupils, was ~ most
trivial cha aotor. II started among mass of
swrupngs IN the clos u bouont tho siaita
| leadlnf from the spruni a. the thlrd nont, nn
| the east side vt the huid nc, u had hor n
HmuldofinR Tor some I me, nni hid eaton ~
way through to the crnter of tho partition
wnll dvidlnf thu hall frpm the class room ~
| front. nnl had crcpi up toward tho third finor
orc II waN discovered, ~ this m~
mcut q visitor cRilrd NJ Tho school 10
cas. which il on tbe second iioor, Tho
door oi whlci opens almou npnpsie
a. aud within hNo feet nf the clnsot III which
tho swecplnEH were turning The visitor
l
~ the sisters NJ hniro Dame, by whom thu
school Il conducted scarcely hal the dnor
swung back on ir hinEnn when the tamra
| mirst out from under the stairway. The sister
hastily shui The door, but not uni SOME Of be
| oh ldron IN hcf cntu had caught sight ~ the
IRE. Al onnit IN ,ftiet them were ~ vain,
and they uahci mndly from The class room.
smoke now rolled uNt ~ the closet ing epi vol.
unea and in few seconi. read 90 al parts
q the bul ding, Hnd scene of the widest con
hH on unsucd.
iho sehon building Is nyc stories Rh md
has nina class rinmi. Hfyrn for Hiris an tive
for boys. Tho r1ar Of the HCho abutt NJ ihi
: rear - the thutch ~ tho lily Hrde.mrl
T which fronts on Third street. here are twi
stalrwaya, one ~ the east Vi the qthcr IN ihi
wrst end ui u building here staitwaysw wor
about thr 9 nmi n half feet wldc an ouenc
Hlmf al at tao u uf the clss rroptns. W n
y the play -tuotn, IN tho center ~ the build NJ
. tbs was approached by n nHrriw, dar
hssagn way when the VI, In the scron
tor OF the fchopl ~ hed frnm III !
n rlnas tootnH they hal hardly reached the hca
|. OF the stairs whcn the boys = fls irn "
upper noorw - upon th'm. All frantoall
y fought in get down IN marrow Htnirwny, ~
l., the trrt worn thrown hcadlnnE 10 the botion
a. 1hpn HA the crush came frum the hundreds
n children trying 10 Y I down itum III. upp
,r foofu on the eas side ot the building the IL
!. ustrade gave way, tn taiustnrs Ea'nE with
10 and fully nlty chidrrn were thrown tp Y
se noar hrnenih IN those others fell until th
a. were piled Ave ~ gh on TOP of zach 9TH
U1ltef Intllfft OF fHf rtffittf fuf fuH VI
ie vrption of Cruelty 10 Children. h,ppanod %
A. on Ead 9TH street. nearly npi oslle the sohO
when the alarm wns given. lie says
rushed into the lluild NJ. AMI terrible ~
ID met my eyc. paosod ltto a narrow hailw
on the first floor were from nfiy 70 seven
., fyo little girls Tn . OF tbinss wore .eie'
he Ing nnd struEglng With ail their might.
~ this time other rol.es and eltlfsty hnf nrhy'
on and We began pulling the poor cbil.ircn aut
nd tho hallway. This o. ., Of M Of tn chiid
n the butfom o the tile grew fainter q
'" fainter. AMI then rasaf alioTniter."
Detective Robin on said The frr bro
m. out und the = ilrcasr un IN, feo1rh hoer =
W was easi ntt nruished csHm ned
an place, aud II seems Ia me sGInN u ntihes mi
N, | Iayr boen ~ pt with tho pap ~ ulldfr
~ stairsa ..ani been Isniied BY the friction v
~ foilreman Reid said. "On the door hahi
W. the staircase i-v mas ~ sifusgl ng. scr a
ing Children. They urrr piled % Top ot 2
a. other. AZ quickly ~ r- no Wo illa ih
,a oul, and n.s = nm ~ one ny enr lhro",s mr. w,
he W. fraf bed tho Oitom wu came upon
- dead II wAH an awful sgtt - arc them "
~ fhcru with their blanche faeaf. moiitl. 4
dos' one ilitle rIH. Minnie frukc, was .
w alive. fha drf, however on the way ~
%. taton-h0rsa. n was the most swtui : en-
). ever passed through" Tho dnad wcrn r"inn'
m. sysn,,., where they we're laid In . ruw on
nd noor 10 hark r1ofn. fhoJ wsrs All qu'n
nu ident Ned by sorrow. sirirkrn mothers and ~
md brother. and .ier-. and The r.goya Of .
4 tho afflicted b. ne Of the family y n pr ~
~ rcrnitte ~ the authorities
ne From the haap % children In The Nrsf
slx deal rirls from seven 10 o years ~ 4
nc wern taken and carried in o the rhurfb. N
" ssisu d, wcrs made 10 rr..scltair. 'h
'y Mothers fofulnr tho way IN spite the u
the forps of polioe, hicd The sanfr buliins '
u. ptlfui rries One r.cosni 81 hsr dead q
ins pslio.mcn rSi M nj nonI. mrnsa away aaDo
ind lhe srarfana, ronsoYnnefs arriving,
hndIss were laken rp IN The arms n the on
and esrried oat. A elamoHng shrss
- hands and riresm ns eye, folIow,d Moth
sA dndinF thrir Iniss M children sfilI liyi ~.
Iiy. upon their tnses In the Md IN sno-. gl'
a.. nsas. 10 ihs .tsii s.,.,, sg,,se ~ !. "
a.. little dnad ope 1hs nKcs ~ The CHILDREN
Wv are dead ard in ured ranse ebe,-eefi seven
mi. IN. scrns IN tn classroom AMI In the
iho after ihs psnif vas aimest indss.riba
Torn books and hrukan <rheol appsrafils.
!. fragment. Of tnrn ci.ihes vfrs sca,i-frf q
'h'' tho Gnors, tsrfihle. stficnoo ~ the
Va, srusrie OF the ehilafsa 20 ss.sps ,fvM ,,,,s
isN pferaution for safety IN tho school hal
srm disrrgarded. ON four noors thrrr arr
IA olas.-rnotHs. op~nins into fso hslf.wnfa
.,s,r, y rnnsl"f ,sn sa snr s,sb n" y
N. srea<- can BE- had 10 either stairway. but
ais halls and stairs are separated. In sfiy 2
ha. RON IN dOor open inward, anil thrrs 4
one door IN each room for the exress OF
Ar thfrfy 10 eighty children, iHoftiy yvuna
A The doors we're pnir two ard half feet !
an. The stair~sys. likeuise. weru narrow. q
w The tsp u iha highest sliEht there Ir
,up wo den Fntr not easily mosri. n
lie. measurement showed ths door When
esna wifhlnE eleven n, he's ~ the end 9
nsarusf henrhes-hariiy rom In s1f
rder throuxh. The lacks of tho henrhe- wrrr
! br stove ~ hlocssd ali prnxrass At The iuncst
sion The pss-sF..ssy and ths csnier ssls pes