Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-24
Under Fire at School
Children Attend Glasses in Bon
 barded Reims

Throughout 1915 the city Of Rheims was frequently and furiously lombard ed by the apostles Of kultur. but the schools continued their sessions with comparatively few interruptions Glasses. however. were held in the basements cf various buildings
 The journal kept by each Of the principals will give an idea or tae Gi- versiied life in these establishments For example. here are few eXtrac-s from a record kept by Nile. Fhillipe who was at the head Of the Joasc school:
 .February 19, 19l5.-Flainiy ,hey are aiming at this quarter in par,icU- lar. Five persons were killed yester- day afternoon in Rue du Champ de Mars close by. which has been so nal ] treated these last few days. On Gy wsx to school I pass great splashes of blood: the wall or the cemetery fs 2 spattered with blood and with pieces . of human brains, was somewhat prepared for this ghastly sight. had hraced my nerves in anticipation: but it goes beyond all that ! had imasined; Niles. Charpen- ter and Schmidt. my assistants. soon arrived. completely upset by what
 they had seen. have given them leave of absence for the afternoon
 Nme. Labarre and l will look after everything today; tomorrow is a day
 of rest for everybody
 A School Day Tragedy
 March S.-At li:30 I was lunchins in the store room on the first floor. a. usual. when I heard a terrific explo
 sicn. went down to the floor be
 low, where a young soldier surround
 ed by the employees of the house ana l several of his comrades. was polish ! ing his shoes as calmly as yoC please Il learned there that a shell had jus fallen on the building. near the con
 cierge's box. Another explosion. fol
 lowed by grOans and heaTtrendin.
 cries of Mamma, mammal Alas children lave been wounded. Where
 IL isn't in our store room We ruSl
 to the cellar where the school is, 0u
 the key has been taken away. and fO
 several minutes-such long minutes
 we wait in an agony of suspense fo
 that key. which cannot be found. An
 all the time those pitiful cries-'Man . maI mammal Through the door see two soldiers carrying a wOuRde littel girl
 Here is the key at last, Soldier
 and workmen rush into our clss rooms. while the shells keep Tainin ? down. Soon a man arrives with hi 2 head and hands bandaEed. The poo - fellow. who has been tempOraril ', deafened by the explosion. is lOokin , everywhere for his eldest sor-whCT ,- he will never see again. There ar
 two dead. two fine young men of 1' . intellieent and fearless. who laughe D at the danger. The shell fell in th ? vat rooms. bursting a reservoir. IT.
 rescuers had to take the dead bodie p out of the water. so mutilated ths |. their parents will not be allowed {
 see them
 j Two families were cruelty stricl f en- Tn one the son is killed. th f father. mother end little daughte Q tone Of my pupilsl wounded. In th r. other. one son killed. the fashs $ wounded. l am in the most painfI ? state of anxiety concerning some ( my pupils who live in the Bthen e district and may not have had tim E. to reach their homes during the lul 2 At last it has become quiet once nor h I start for home in a cab. Certainl IT I shall move in here tomorrow. 2 The principal Of the Dubsll sehO,
 writes in her journal;
 rl Tuesday. July S0.-About 2 O'elOC a the children begin to arrive. althOus $ explicit orders have been given tn; ]. on days of violent bombardment th n sessions are 10 be suspended. B' s they know that am here. and as n [. bOmbardment ceased an hour az D they want to tell me the new e Madame. the FlOquet bakery is q stroyed,' says one. 'Leroy's mann Q had a finger cut off says anOthe . They seem to have struck the who g. Dieu Lumiere quarter. adds a thir
 But there are few victims