The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-30
SEVERELY INJURED. WOMAN RISKS LIFE FUR GE0RG|A TOTs
Two Children Burned to Death Despite Brave Effort of Heroic Teacher Who
 Saved Pupils
By Associated Press

N9NAubA A1iis Iast AoNenbeT <3.-I dead and ss injured was the toll taken in the burning of the High Point community school house near here Tuesday afternoon. when the Structure, in which go children were engaged in studies, was destroyed by fames A careful check Wednes- day showed that all the others had been accounted for and identified,
 Mrs. Oscar Grant, brave little school teacher. who saved about 40 children by dropping them from a second story window when inc school was burned. before she was over come herself, lay in an Atlanta hos pital tonight swathed in bandages. she probably will bear scars from he burns for life. according to phy- stcians.
 don't konw how did it. sine told newspa permen. II just knew those crying children were in dam long as I could. 1 had hard time making them jump out the. window" :"
 Mrs. Grant said the two boys who
  jump from the window and in rae ing about the room became lost h the dense smoke.
 The dead were James Steele. little son or John j. Steele, and the eight year-old son of Charles Bachelor These pupils were in the room or Mrs. Oscar Grant. who heroicslly stood by the window and dropped .tat the floor of her room gave way and she was eneulfed in flames. She was unable to save the two boys who were lost in the smoke.
 Seriously Injured
 Investigation Wednesday showed that ' of the children were suffer- ing from broken limbs as the result of the 2o-foot drop. Four children swallowed flames and anxiety IS felt over their condition
 The name of Miss Mary Howe. home demonstration agent, was be- i4sg linked with that ot Mrs Grant as heroines of the tragedy. She helped rescue children from the burning building. and then without resting jumped into her automobile and dashed five miles to Covins- ton for medical aid.
 'tOhl Look at the pretty white dust" exclaimed one of the chill dren in the room of Mrs. oscar Grant on the second floor of the building. The dust" was smoke. Ii came from the door. the single egress from the room.
 Mrs. Grant ran to the deer. and opened 1t. A burst of smoke drove her back. The hallway was in flames. The stairs had already crumpled.
 Inside were 40 children, none of them old enough to exercise calm Mrs. Grant locked the door and calmly walked to the window and told the children t. line up. The ground was about 70 feet below. The drop meant almost certain injury put to stay meant death to them all.
 Makes Own Tot Wait
 The teacher pushed her own child, Mary Pearl. back from the window md began lowering the other chill iren. One, two, three. four until 30 r more dangling little forms mad been dropped to the ground below. The flanfee entered the room. They licked rapidly towards the window, Mary Pearl Grant was next In line. Her mother threw her bodily out of the window Burns, a fractured leg ind internal injuries are alongside he child's name at the hospital.
 Choking, Mrs. Grant reached back. She grasped the small form of Min 1ie Sue Meadows. Like Mary Pearl, he little scholar was hurled out Of he window.
 A funeral party passing the school smoke pouring from all A<x A F1r ba k ioarse sent ahead. Men and women ,f the party rushed into the build ng and saved many tf the children n the room below Mrs. Grants. Many. however. received minor burns be- ore aid came.
 Mrs. Grant. on regaining conscious less, told doctors:
 "I am so happy that 1 saved so many of the children, and so ever come with grief because 1 could not rave those others"
 An over heated stove is believed 0 have caused the fire.
 The school house was a two-story 'rame building situated In & pro sper- JUS farming section. Authorities say he building had been condemned as | fire trap more than year ago .nd funds had been provided for a ic III -ph o"l pui.aiH6. ihc oiceeloH ,f the new school was delayed be- ,ause of a dissensit n.
 Plans were under way here tonight for investigation of the fire. The school ommissloners proba- ply win meet tomorrow to inquire into the cause of the disaster.
 Meanwhile, Newton county lost no time today in arousing itself from the horror that spread over its peo- pie after news of the catastrophe had gone abroad.
 Two little victims were buried to- day in the same casket and women from throughout the county voiun- teered their services to nurse the burned and crippled children.
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