Los Cerrillos rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 188?-1891, 1888-11-30
SCHOOL PANIC.
Hundreds OF Children Badly Hurt
In q Fire Panic NJ Long Island
City.
Terrible Drssrnt ard drowning ~ Q
P~araehute Prrfurm-r iu Georgia
AMner Killed.
Panic in a Chicago Dry G DDS Store Caused
By a Fool sl-sman-sld Fading ola
Wedding.

SEw YoHK. nov. s5-At las o'clock
Yesterday afternoon IRE broke out IN the
ftrst ward public schoal.Lung Island CITY.
One 81 ths pupils OF the school had gone
into the basement aud lighted a gas Jet
IN wood work close 90 the JET TOOK ire
aud a flame Instantly shot through a
rrevic" In the floor. over nine hundred
children were studying az THEN desks ia
the various rooms uf tho school build
ing. When a. chiIlr ~ On the first
huar saw the nume shDn me up
through the boards they raised the cry
OF PREY" Instantly there was a panic
IN every room of the chou. building. The
children rushed pcll NELL FOR the narrow
doors, crowdng, jostiing and striking
each other In their efforts 90 get out. The
children were piled up a. the foot Of The
stairwnys in heaps. and all attempts TO
bring order out Of the confusion was at
first fruitless, hut finally the hremsn aud
police were able o. check the children, al
though they had 10 contend with an ex-
cited moi Of weeping mothers that had
appeared as soon as the news Of the hra
spread out over the neighbour lod. The
fire itself amounted 90 little. aud "a soon
as Il was exiinruished an examination Of
the injured was commenced. Il was found
that while hundreds were badly bruised
aud shocked, no one was fatally or seri-
ously hurt
SHOCK NGLY MANuLED.
A~LBueuERQUE, n. ~, Nov. g3-On
Wednesday evening Swan Nystrom, a
swede coal miner employed at the Aztec
mine AZ Gallup, this county, got on a
. Inn Id aaaH a.. L.. Co. A.. IN -.-
u ride out. This is prohibited, on account
OF It's danger, by the company. Mr. Nys-
tom and The driver were both ON the car
when, as it TUNED n curve, the driver was
thrown III, and at the same moment the
car jumped the track. striking Il prop
which was knocked down. Mr..
Nystrom was thrown from the
car, and at the same instant
a mass Of rock which had been held up hy
the prop came down upon the unfortunate
man, literally crushing him to pieces,
breaking almost every bone In his body
aud muugliug the ic ,h fcarfully. lie was
heard 10 groan ouc' before life was ex-
tinct The miners were soon notified, but
lt took willing hands over half an hour to
remove the fallen rock. The remains were
buried 10y the Knights OF Labor, OF which
order he wa a member. He leaves n
wife and four small children, with an
other to be born. lie was about thirty
three years cd.
A BRIDEGROOM DROWNED.
CHICAGO. Nov. % A dispatch from
Wheeling, w. Va, says: Patrick Waters
and Jessie Bates were married at st.
George, Tucker County. Tuesday. Next
day they were taken from the waters Of
the Black Fork at s las Ferry apparently
dead. Mrs. Waters was revived after an
hours hard work, but all efforts to resus-
citate the husband were fruitless. The
newly welded couple went on their we'd
ding trip to the Great falls Of the Black
water, ono Of the most picturesque sights in
West Virginia. In attempting 10 cross the
unfinished railroad bridge at Carricksford
Mrs. Waters grew dizzy, and, losing her
balance, fell into the stream which there
runs with n velocity Of nearly twenty
miles an hour. Her husband at once
plunged after her, aud the two were swept
away. At the ford, a quarter OF n mile
below, n railroad man attempted 20 rescue
the couple aud narrowly escaped death.
At Silas Ferry the couple were taken from
the water, but too late to save the hus-
hands life.
PARACr' PERFORMER DROWNED.
CoLUMB' a. Nov. 23.-Twelve thou
sand peoUI. Witnessed a balloon ascension
ut Exposition Park Yesterday afternoon.
Prof. II. +. Vandergrift made the ascen-
sion. When the balloon had reached an
altitude Of half n mile it suddenly burst
and began to descend to the ground rapidly
to the horror of the spectators. Wander
grift cut the rope which held the para
chute. The parachute fell near the center
OF the Chatlahoochie river, and Wander
GRIT was drowned in spite Of the efforts of
two men In n boat to save him. The un-
fortunate man was twenty-five years of
age. He was born in Vienna and had
been In the balloon business twelve years.
He made his first parachute descent three
months ago. The body was discovered al
eleven O'Clock last night, completely on
meshed In the ropes of the balloon. II
will be embalmed aud sent to Vandergrift's
parents at Clinton, Mo.
PANIC IN a sToRE.
CHICAGO, Nov. ga man on the top
floor of the Boston store was caught In the
act Of stealing a purse shortly after one
| O'Clock yesterday, and n foolish salesman
/ yelled 'Firel" A panic was at once pre-
|, cipitated. The great place was jammed
with shoppers, mostly women, and on
the five floors there were probably
/, not less than one thousand human being,
, packed tightly together. A floor walker
, turned in an alarm of fire, and the af.
frighted women, children and shop girl
J made u rush for the stairways. Soon
r there was a jam, and the weaker began tC
, go down. A policeman and some of tn,
, more cool-headed employees went to worl
, to stop the panic. Before they succeeded
1 however, a numb Of people were seri,
/ ously hurt and "a my more were nearly
daad from frirh,