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fi fflrirr iii'i ii YiPim JohnMartlB, son of David Martin, jumped cMIdwa to me while I dropped them down to TERRIBLE CALAMITY. out or a third story window ana received slight some men bslow, who caught them In their arms. THEMES HEM AND POtlOE. The firemen were promptly on1 the ground and did their utmost to. suppress the.

flames, but mjunes. Oh I shall never forget the look of ohe lit Brooklyn Institute. Natdhal History Dcfartment. Mr. Bell exhibited a quail from the Island of Cuba, with a crest.

A conversation took place on the best mode of preserving birds. Mr hot Burning of Publio School House No. 14. A boy named Decker whose parents live in Concord street, also jumped out of a third tie girl as she stretched her arms towards me and implored meTto take her. A ladder had without avail.

The Navy Yard engines under the command of Capt. Hudson, was worked by VThS PtfU turn At Largest Circulation of SUFFOCATION OF SIX CHILDREN. WKf Evening Paper pnbllanea In the united story window. He was caught in the arms of the men below, and sustained "only a few Kim mm valuo tea an AawrtXsuag oleav Is (Omrefiare apparent been placed at one of the windows, and a number were passed down there, A number of them the laborers of the yard and aided in saving the adjoining houses, some of which were considera bruises. Several Others Injured.

Abijah Piersall, about 7 years old, taken to were taken out at the foot of the stairs. It was Doctor Stew's, he is on the recovery. Parents TO eOBBBSPOlTDKNTa. bly damaged. The police under direction the Deputy Superintendent did everything in their INTENSE EXCITE MENT.

the jam upon these stairs which caused all of 8 BMn vmlw ttfln annnvn inni flnnomimliialliui. Whf. reside at No 21 street. COURAGE OV A TKMAT.E TEACHES. the deaths.

llMfcidd for kuMrtftm mint be aHiaiiUutl by Sta MOB ana addtwi af Ow writer not naoeaurily far pubn had generally dipped them into an alcoholic solution of corrosive sublimate; then annointed the inside of the skins with a preparation of arsenic, and stuffed them. This method he has found effectual in keeping away insects, and he thought it would preserve them until disintegration gradually took place, and they like all earthy things, fell to dust. The English method of preserving birds did not answer in this country our Republican insects being much fiercer, soon devour English specimens. Prof. Hume observed that the nolsnn nf fhn pow.er: to preyens confusion and aided In taking STATEMENT OF AN EYE WITNESS.

'care of the sufferers. The doors at the foot of these stain opened Miss French, one of the female teachers, dis played the utmosKCOOlness and courage in sav Aooonnts of the Trustee and Teachers of ing the scholars in dropping them one by one CORONERS' INQUESTS. Coroner Snell empanneled the following jury the School. WBDITBBDAT HVBHDIO, JANUARY SO. from a second story window to persona below outward into Navy street, and wera open from the first.

The children probably falling over each other and thus blocking up the way. There is, however, another version A person told me where another hue ot citizens, principally pa last evening, and will commence an investiga We gave a brief account of this terrible acci Cbe Pabllo School Calamity. rents of the children, formed and received them and conveyed them to their homes. About half a tion in the Health Officer's room of the City Hall at 2 o'clock to day Stephen Johnson, Z. Ma that he saw three men stopping the scholars at dent In our second edition of yesterday, since which we have gathered the particulars here The burning of Publio School No.

14, and the accompanying loss of life, is one rf dozen of the victims were taken to the drug tho foot of the stairs, and forcing them back ples, M. Balden, John R. Tilton, M. Rogers, store of Dr. B.

J. Stow, No. 193 Nassau street. with detailed. TTTUA AY most aflecting and melancholy disasters that where restoratives were applied with beneficial wimt tneir oDject could have been I do not know, unless it was to press themselves up in A terrible affair occurred yesterday afternoon John Murry, Wm.

H. Kanneday, Abram Am merman, Alfred Horton, George Mason. CTM occurred in this city. The suffocation of so results, except In three or four cases, in which by the burning of school house No. 14, on the they were beyond tne reacn or medicine, order to save their own ohildren.

I cannot many innocent children, not only carried deso Coroner Coaine held inquests on the bodies of ORIGIN Ot THE MRE. Bohan Upas has been ascertained to be prussic that, on a winday day, it might be approached, by keeping on the windward side but that, otherwise, the fames of the acid were sufficient to produce death. Captain Pika, ex consul to Portugal, exhibited several beautifully preserved specimens of the bat; one of the specimens was a very small one, which frequented the sea shore. Others were of different sizes, but none as large as the vampire bat. In London, Captain Pike had seen two specimens of the flying fox, from the East Indies, which were somewhat larger than the flying squirrel of this country.

They were alive, and lation to the homes which they left, full of con vouch for the truth of this; but if it is true, corner of Concord and Navy streets, opposite the City Park. As far as ascertained seven the children, Plass and Green, yesterday after It is believed that the fire originated in this fidence and buoyant life but shocked the Dub tnose inree men may take to themselves the noon. children lost then lives, and some more were way As the weather was very mild yesterday lio feeling and cast a shadow over every fireside death of all these children. I repeat again that the teachers acted with perfect coolness and injured, not by Are bnt by suffocation. put tew or the registers were opened, and it is supposed that the pent up heat limited the in me city.

The publioralnd will naturally be directed to The fire broke out about 2 o'clock and by 6 self denial, and were in the building until all woodwork with which the flues came in contact. Things In Albany. JTom our own Correspondent. Albany, January 19. All the excitement In the citv this o'clock the entire structure was a mass of ruins The flues were of tin, and all the woodwork were out.

One of the female teachers, in her Inquire into the causes of thifl terrible catastro near them was cased in tbe same metal. The DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDING. phe. On an examination of the whole facts, as anxiety, went up stairs to make sure that no more ohildren were there, and had gone so far fires were made up in the morning, but no fuel The school house was a three story brick mt as mey nave come to light, several consider was subsequently added. A carpenter who is down at the foot, instead of up at the head of State street.

The Military Association assembles at Association Hall to day, and with soldiers in full winter dress, passing to and fro, the quiet old city looks nearly warlike. A bitter faeiine building, forming an angle. There were three entrances, one near the center, and one near that her eyelashes were burned off. looked at the furnaces shortly after the fire was discovered, reports that the fires were nearly each of the extremeties of the building. The girls' department was on Concord street that ont.

Geobgb Cbawpord, No. 191 Water street, THE DOORS NOT KICKED. of the boys on Navy street. The first floor was exists between the 'regulars' and the 'Independent' corps, and militaryism never before run so high as now. The impression has got abroad that one of the obiects of the Association in to 1 a communication a lelt at your occnpied by the furnaces for heating the build It was reported that the teachers locked some uaujuss arrivea wnen seen by Uapt.

P. He also exhibited a stalactite, formed by the dripping of the water from the aqueduct at Lisbon" showing that the water was largely impregnated with sulphate and carbonate of lime. Capfc. Pike exhibited several drawings, made by him, when in Portugal, of the diseased grape vines, very much magnified, showing the progress of the disease. He had given the subject great attention, making numerous examinations under the microscope, and fully ascertained that the disease arose from a very minute fungus, which soon spread itself over the vines, looking like white ashes.

He thinks the vines of Portugal will be exterminated by the disease. Tho house last night, I mentioned the circumstance ing, ana aiso as a piay ground lor the children. ot the children in until they became quiet but The primary department was on the second Mr. Walcott, the principal, denies this in tho of three men stopping the children at the foot of induce the Legislature to take away the Charters of the Iudependant Companies. There are three floor, and on the third floor the grammar de most emphatic manner.

the stairs at the burning of the school house NAMES Or THE TEACHERS. ot these companies the Burgess corps of this city tho Citizens' corns of Trov and the Citi but mentioned it as doubtful. I have, however, partment. The primary and grammar schools were divided into nine classes each, separated from one another by folding doors. Each of The names of the Teachers of the school are aOong force themselves upon the mind.

In the first place, it happens in this case as in the recent similar occurrences in New York, that tbe fire itself was not responsible for any loss of life. The dead are the victims of that now somewhat familiar monster, Panic. This was the immedi ate cause of the disaster, but its approximate causes wera the height of the building, the absence of any moral or intellectual control over tha children, owing to the exclusive employment of female teachers the majority half grown girls and the oiminal and impertinent interference of outsiders, who rushed to the door and prevented the escape of the children in their own anxiety to reach the inside. The fact that these persona were probably parents solicitous for the safety of their own as follows since learned lrom officer W. M.

Brown that it was a fact, and that these three men in their these class rooms opened into a corridor, which zens' corps of Utica. All are very fine companies, and all are to parade the streets to morrow, tho intention beins: to endeavor to show tha fl a Mr. C. W. Princtnal MIboivi T.

Wlianio a extended the entire length of the floor. From anxiety to save their own children endeavored these eorridors the stairways descended to the to free their way up stairs in the face of the Browne, Jane Furmor, Coffin, Cushman, A A Warner, A Wight, A Baldwin, B. LoCount. All In the Grammar Department, llissos 3 Voorhies, A Anable It Sherman, French, Rutherford, Mary Matlock, Bebee, Sarah Mageo of the Primary Department. vernor and the Legislative Military Committees that they are worthy to exist as It is expected that tho display of burnished muskets, gay dresses, military tactics, and Ibtpa ground floor, turning once between each story.

The central staircase was eicht feet in width press, and thus arrested the progress of the and each of the other two six feet wide, and boys. Doaraea on ine siae io tno neignt of four feet, MR. WAIiOOTT's STATEMENT. The Principal states that the first ha men will be unusually grand. Complaints besin to be made, owinir tn the, The name of the teacher whose eyelashes There are three furnace rooms on the first floor one at the extremity in Concord street (from wero burned off is Miss Anible.

department then adjourned to this (Wednesday) evening. Police. Stabsikq et Wombk. Bridget Hennessey anl Joanna Kenneday got into a dispute about Tamily matters last Monday night and pitched into each other like tigers. Not bo ing satisfied with tho weapons nature gave hor, Briduot toot a table knife and attempted to stab Joanna with tho dull edge, but it would not penetrate, the hide being too tough.

It scratchod her somewhat, however, and she sought redress of the law for her griovancos. Bridget wiis thereupon taken into custody and the parties wero to have a hearing before Justice Blachly yestorday. To the Editor oftkeEagU. the fire was at ten minutes after two o'clock, failure of the Assembly to organize, that too much legislation for Brooklvn is he.W ndd when the Primary Department was found in an which the fire originated), one at the opposite end in Navy street, and a third under the mid HATEMENT OP TECSTRE op in the Senate. This will account for th re WM.

M. HARRIS, THE S0HOOL. uproar, 'the fire originating near the girl's entrance, they rushed toward the central part of the building, where the entrance is broader, and dle of the building. About 10 minutes past 2 o'clock the fire was discovered bursting out near one of the partitions in the Girls' Primary De appearance of some bills that have been sent up for introduction. They maybe held nntilan opportunity offers for mtroducingthem first into mr.

nams is the principal trostefi nf thin got out easily. The small bovs on the "NTaw ot School. He states that thero were thre miran. me Assembly. ces, wim aouoie doors, "Which all open outward partment, 'ihis was just above the entrance for the girls on Concord street.

About the same time smoke was seen issuing from the registers in other parts of the building. The teachers in xj ouu vAjuivi muij uo uiubcu on xne inside with a bolt which could easily be drawn out. The THB BROOKLYN 10CAL ASSESSMiST BILB. This bill will, probably, be taken uo in the side were nearest the door, and they rushed out, followed by the larger ones. In their haste to get down stairs some of them fell, and became packed so tightly between the bannisters that they could not get away.

All who were killed were killed here by suffocation. This war nn children may palliate somewhat, conduct which agravated the catastrophe. That such a loss of life should occur in what has been held up as the model school house, may well lead us to inquire the probable results of a similar alarm in seme of the edifices, where the means of egress are as narrow and intricate as the passages to the labyrinth of Crete. The stairways wero wide and instead of balusters and railing they were surrounded by partitions, so that no one could fall over from one floor to another. This circumstance probablv nreveiiti aoors were not closed by any of the Teachers, who ommittee on the Whole to morrow, whnn MY the several departments, seems: that the buildioe uxyi.

uiwgD oi meir clauses until the children got to the stairway, where thev (the Tesr was on fire, dismissed their scholars in as order Spinola will move to add the following Sec. 3. It shall be a misdemeanor and niinloli ly a manner as possible, standing on the stair stood. After the children opened them tbey A PoucMiuic. Slneo tho inauguration of that au the Board of PoIic Commssioners, wo nave had the extreme pleasure of witnessing tbe appointment of men who eclipse any or tho old force in manv we fll ilr Abraham c.

Boatty of the first precinct, who first made his appearauco before Judge Cornweil In the case of Philander Thomson Sf Mr Beatty wonted of Thomson. Beatty not being inclined to pay, Thomson ousted him wkoreupon officer Boatty took occasion to say in the nre senca of several persons, "that he would catch the old ger drunk betoro night." As Mr. Thomson was entorinl' his court yard gate about four o'clock of the samo day BeattV. who had hsnn nn (ho root i able as such, for any person or officer in the city of Brooklyn to take from the Treasury of Raid icii uTci crnu duuci in me rusn and thus several ways to prevent them from overcrowding each other in their fright. As may be imagined, a the lower ten feet from the ground floor.

He (Mr. Waloott) got down on the stairs, and bending over the bannisters reached the boys down to the men below pulling them up out of the crowd and Dassinsr them oi mem lost tneir lives by suffocation. There are no bannisters to the stairways, but a stand city by warrant or otherwise, any money for the purpose of paying the same. for. or on account great aeai oi excitement ana contusion prevailed among the children, but most of them passed ing partition irom xop to bottom instead, built exprtssly to prevent any accident, similar to that of the expense of local improvements hereafter to be made in said city unless the same has first a wnoxesaie loss of life and limited the number There was no fire in that part of the building at the time, and no children were burned.

TVTioooo out umujureu. THE EFFECT OF THE ALARM. which occurred in ureenwicn avenue, New York oi victims to a few. some years since. There were free means of Matlock, Anable and VoorhiB exerted themselves to the utmost, as did all the others, and nil tfc "ua, us is me case with nearly, if not all of been assessed upon the property benefitted by such improvement, and collected and paid into the Treasury to the credit of such improvement.

A RAILROAD WANTED ON BBOADWAT. BEOOKLTW egress oy two openings with double doors, and When the fire was discovered, Miss Rutherford, one of the teachers in the girls' Primary Department, hastened to communicate the fact to Miss i i uuuuren were xaKen out in about twenty min utes after the alarm. Some 200 children were mis io aimumeu ine escape ot the children when the fire broke out. The infant class which occupied the apartment where the fire originated Mr. Spinola introduced the following petition uacK oi me, pusmnerand crvirjir.

"O.Mr Wni. oomies, me neaa teacher in the boys' Primary School, so that she might be enabled to dismiss cott, won't you save me?" and were sn muni, t. iiis uauu upon his back and said, "ou are drunk and I arre 3t von Thomson replied that such was not the case, but his assertions availed him nothing. Beatty lodged him in tho station house. The case camo before Judge Cornweil.

Beattv aworothatliiomson was drunk; flyo witnesses swore that he was not drunk, and he was accordingly discharged. Thomson laid tho case beforo the Commissioner, whii terminated "as usual" Beaty was reprimanded and ordered to pay five dollars for rent duo to Mr. Thomw. i Having so easily ovadod the first charge, he was not afraid to run tho risk of encountering the second consequently he arrested David Mott, respectable lad of foir toen, who in company with several others, wero serenading nLir, sch00J SirI companions. Mott h.q Sed or lear this morning ytcic jjui uui uy wair leacners in saiety, clothes and all.

Not one accident occurred here and her scnoiars withou causing needless alarm. Unfortunately, however, a llfctia trirl frightened that after the space was cleami Ani lhe undersigned, freeholders on BroadwAv (formerly called Division avenue in th mis was lau leet distant from the stairs when a free egress Wade, tbey were unable to move, but waited to be carried out. Th fi ra must ner, crying "lire," at which the bovs in Mica tne schools, the house was too large and too high. Instead of a school house being constructed to accommodate 1,208, as this one was it should never receive more than 600. This would render the dismissal of the pupils, in case of alarm easy and capable of accomplishment within a period so brief as to render aecidents almost impossible, while it would curtail the school districts and prevent the necessity of dispatching children a long distance to school in all weathers.

Brooklyn, and the streets and avenues tinntiD Voorhies department became panic stricken, and ous thereto, respectfully petition the T. tno catastroptse occurred, and the fire did not reach there for three quarters of an hour after the infant class had been removed. Tne. flrP )B have caught from the flue. The furnaces were not over heakd, no coal bavin? been nut on rusaeu pen men to the stairs.

At this time there was very littlo smoke in the corridor, or of the State of New York to pas an act authori zing Augustus Ivans, John L. Brown, Loftis since morning. The alarm was first given in I Mies Kuthetford's primary class, who infnrmnrl supposed to have originated from one of the flues, the weather beine very moderate, tho tr school rooms but, in their fright, the children crowded after each other in such haste and con Woods and their associates to build and mnetTif. the principal, Miss Voorhis. and thp.v wpta icf a raijroad for horse power only, to run from the fusion that when the foremost reached the first gistere were closed and the heat could not escape.

Every precaution was taken when the house was built to line all the woodwork, near the fur uuuu uisiuissiug me scnooi so as to avoid ex Tim ur7, landing above the srround floor, thev fell down. The height of the building was also one of laiemem, wncn a little etrl cried out I' wniiamsourgn iernes to and through East New York in said city of Brooklyn, believing that a railroad along tho route herein mentioned win forobime would Sssue 7v and the whole school immediately rushed to the the causes of the disaster although In this re uuui. jsai me Kins eoi out sate. The Rmolro spect it was less aspiring than many of the other advance the interests of the owners of property on the same, and afford accommodations to the residents on said avenuses and streets HesirAhlo uuuiiiu yitreaiuK Denma Biumoiea over mem until the passage way was completely choked up, A scene of the most alarming nature followed. Children trampled each other under foot in their frantic haste, and the little sufferers filled the air with their shrieks.

was not sumcientiy dnse to suffocate any one so far I could observe. school nouses. It was only two stories in height INPrVIDUAL BRAVERY. and necessary. That said act shall' limit the fare on slid road between the williamnhnrirh out, as it to neutralise any advantage arising from this fact, it must be stilted up on arches Officer William Brown of the 2d naces, with tin, so as not to touch the hot air pipes.

The buildltg was repaired last August, and the Trustees fearing it was not so safe as it ought to be, employed one of the most expert furnace men in Hew York, to thoroughly examine the building and these flues particularly with directions that if in his opinion the least danger was to be apprehended, that he should apply the remedy forthwith, even to the cutting away of all timbers that would in any way jeopardise the building. The furnace man had a carpenter to work under his directions. In tho erection of the buildinjr the iron rpoiafBTa 1,01 10 nave a play ground underneath, thus adding a story to the height of the buUding, and in and East New York to the sum of five cents, and that said road shall be constructed within eighteen months from the passage of said act. Signed by the owners (so said of all the, nmn. lice states that he saw the fire about the time it broke out.

He went into the building on the Nassau street side, and worked until driven out creasing by one third the difficulty of escape. set about to seek a romody, and at last hit upon thr vM i method: he called upon Mr. Mott, erTniiSe as very sorry for what he had done, and conciudedTv In? frW.h lf or of tho family Tver desired friend, they would know whore to seek mi This had tho effect or what Beatty Intended. Consequently the cha was abandoned, and this model offlcw mrntehed wfth 8 striking over his head and te ith his club tZ the arrest of one of the old police foi ra ir ir the Mayor office, but as aSo'Stois ashed it is unnecessary to dwell upon it nnnf 'h mmJfioners have concluded to have a mounted erty on the avenue, and many others. This was an economy of space which cost dear Dy ine aense smoKe.

He then went round to Navy street, and going in aided in handing out THB LONG ISLAND RAILROAD STOCK BILL. ly yesterday. The employment of female teach, ers exclusively in the schools is a policy which we uiuujjm out inree children and took them to the Park opposite, where they The bill fixing the time for tha rpimhnTflmof been fastened to the wood work. The man was of the stock of this State designated tho T.nnw nave never been able to comprehend. The ex wsm.

Uy pujBiwBus. ino omcer had previously taken ont some 40 or 60. oireciea to tafi.e them out and insert them in soap stone. The suffocation was caused bv tbe THE SCENE ON THE LANDING. Ai this juncture Mr.

Walcott, the principal, ran down stairs and endeavored to extricate them from the pressure. But for a few moments he was in imminent danger of being crushed to death. Scores of little fellows in their distress, lifted their hands and in imploring tones cried 'Oh, Mr. "Walcott, save me, save me Others groaned and screamed in mortal agony as they were trodden to death urjder the feet of the large crowd. By almost superhuman exertion Mr.

Walcott succeeded in extricating a few of the children near him and paesed them over the bannisters, to persons in the hall below. At this time the little ones were packed so firmly upon the landing that, although several men endeavored to rescue them, they were unable to pull them out. Having succeeded in passing a few of the children over the bannisters, in safetv. Mr. Walnntt.

tension of the sphere of female emplovment is A number of the larcer bovs nrted the emergency. They handed the smaller bova Island Railroad State Stock was passed to a third reading this morning without amendment. The House miets this afternoon too late for me to put anything in this letter as to what the do. an object which is worthy of all sympathy but utmiuii upuu eacn oiner on the stairs. No one was burned, or injured by the smoke.

a. uiumoer or ine of Kdncnn wny mere should not be at least one male teach er on every floor, where the school build isootn) neard ot the fire New York. He came token of 89 iog, where the greatest pressure was and he handed them to those below him. The crowd above was so great that it was utterly impossible over, ana going up the ssme stairs where the ing is more than one story in height, as all cur IttSl'1' "ice ho aspeXmelS We observe by the telegraph that the House took one unsuccessful vote and then adjourned. uciiureii were sunocateo.

alter all had Iwon uuuutle lo up to render any aid, and all tho assistance that could be rendered wai wu oui; urougnr, out some turniture. lhe aeachers were the last to t.1,0 ir rendered by those boys. The names of soma of New Tork Item. dren. Two teachers escaped from tha The Elopkment Cabk.

The further considem. story window by means of a ladder, having been tiou of the petition of George Taylor for the icoiiiu iium going aown stairs by the crowd mose i rave laos are as follows James McFaul Smith Boof, John J. Bray, and William Mac' kay. There were others whose names could not be ascertained, equally entitled to credit. There were several individual acts thatd.

was enabled to pacify the others so that they became less unmanageable. Tne Boys' Primary Department contained nearly three hundred children. About 150 of them were passed over the ISTHATS, CAPS AND TRUNKS, at WILLIAM U. PECK'S, W. H.

P. gig" Hun Q'RurnY, REoriFTifra siitiilu, uuHkuuy oi nis wue wns postponed to Thursday in consequence of Mr. Sears, his uuuoiuo, wuo crowded in in search of their children and to this crowding aM! ottA Alls'1 "WJAiS mention. Mr. Kalph Kirkman.

bannisteis. and the people from the street in the disastrous consequences to so manv p.hiidro gine No. 4, E. his brother John, and William The motion to dissolve theininnntlnn ref rain Biue, ii was wim tne utmost difficulty that some of the women could be prevented fm mov optuve were going oy a wagon. Thsy jumped out, and pressmg their way to the rootis of t.h.

and "Ofay's" Seou nu.t course of a few minutes succeeded in extricating those who had fallen over each other on the landing. Several of the latter were taken out dead, while others were picked up insensible, and died shortly afterward. But when the nas ing the street Commissioners, Devlin and Cono var, from acting, came up before Judge Sutherland yesterday. Mr. Feld moved to dissolve ALiO.

"WiaeV of T.i Bonded Wareiouno. landing, for aala iro nl2if tno junction, so iar as it regards Conover and catastrophe, succeeded in saving some 30 or 40 of the children. The wife of Mr. James Mackay who lives next door, Mr. Ebenezer Smith, and others, worked with all their might in doinsr all ing into the building after all the children were out, and the house was In a sheet of flame.

The means of egress were amply sufficient for all to escape, and no one would have been mnch hurt. In the pressure from the outside more lives' would have been lost had the buildi page had been cleared, the boys behind, seeine .1. i luc lam men wiupajuiuua, were mraia to venture down the stairs, and had either to be lifted over the bannisters or handed out of the win atwn employees, ine decision is reserved. Beutal Case op With Beating. Attempt to Kill ah Ophohb.

A most brutal assault was perpetrated, obout 10 o'clock, on Mouday night at the corner of 10th avenue and 25th street by a Frenohman, named Jean de Richard, upon his wife, and which will probably result in the death of the woman. It seems that Richard Inv wijuijsuci. j.110 property was not insured dows. In the course of fifteen minutes after the schools are, is a question which probably the Board of Education can explain. The capacity of females as teachers is no doubt unquestionable, and the gentle and winning influence of the sex on the minds and morals of children must be freely acknowledged but that a girl in her teens possesses the moral control over boys which would enable her to control then.

for their own safety in an emergency like that of yesterday, is out of the question and the result has given a melancholy proof of the fact. In the presence of a pressing and terrible phyg aieal danger, a young lady is herself more likely to go off in a swoon than display that presence of mind and firmness of nerve, which scarcely ever coexist with the gentle graces of her sex. The teachers of No. 14 displayed a very unusual prompitude, and yet it is evident that the presence of a few male teachers would have made the record of the event a lees melancholy duty than it has now become. Tho use of furnaces and hot air pipes, which was the Immediate cause of the fire ought to be prohibited in the schools the same description apparatus was tbe cause of the alarms in New York, and in nearly every instance whero similar disasters have occurred.

The house was uninsured. Some years ago the Board of Education conceived tho idea of being their own insurers, by creating a fund JST Ladus I TJsa Haebison's PiaisTALTir (sf Edwaed C. Moebbousb, COMMISSIONER OP DEEDS. Lndordand Tenantoases promptly attonded to Court RoMnJ CilyValh BMidsVliSl Tut it fi SAM L. HaskiS.

"Kat nr xiio uunuing cost if I discovery of. the lire, the buildine was cleared una many lives were saved through their exertions. The firemen were early on the ground, and worked manfully in saving life. Among those who distinguished themselves was Mr. James Berry, Assistant Foreman of Hook and Ladder company No.

2. Mr. Berry saved a lady and two children by taking them from a third story KISS whhslbe's account. The teachers were the last to leave. Several of the ladies had to descend to the street bv ladders il .1 a i Miss L.

Wheeler, principal of the Female irom me seuuiiu tstory windows. Department gives the following account grocery at the place specified. He recently became bail for a friend who got into difficulty Ma frianA row flP nnA 1, window, IXAMINATION OP THE ROOMS, rrt. 1 in i was in my room on the second floor nf 1,0 jluo xrjuuipai, coinuany witn several nar uu, ouu juc, uu uionaay, naa to pay the bail. The affair nut him nnitn wlth LYNAN' WHOLESALE AN 13 sons went through the building, and mads as building, hearing a class, when I heard a scream in the girls' department, which created nn alarm luuivugii on e.aLuimiuuu oi tao rooms as was humor, and in his vexation he imbibed freely and finally went home, determined, it practicable lor the purpose of ascertaining if among my pupils.

1, however, succeeded in quieting them, believine that it was a any ot the children remained. They did not seem to avenge himself upon his wife. He accordingly, assaulted her, knocked and beat her with the most shocking and brutal violence. Her alarm, as we have had two or three false alarms discover any, and it is therefore not probable ACCODSI OP AN BTB WITNESS, Mr. Editor Having been present at the burning of the school house almost from the commencement of the fire, and having assisted in rescuing the children, I thought that a communication from me might prove of service.

I was passing up Hudson avenuo a few minutes before two P. when I observed tho children rushing from the building. At that time there irom ainerem causes on former occasions. I then heard the bull rine for the doors to screams were so loud that they attracted the mat any oi me cnuaren were ourned up in the building. In less than 15 minutes after the last child had been taken out the flames burst I went out on to the landing to see what was the anenwon or some cinzms, who set out for the police, and soon met officers Tumey and Dean of the Ward, and laid the case bafo thm through the roof.

matter, wnen 1 was instantly Riirroimrfwl as soon as tne alarm was Given the nurftnta Lood st Mouhtaw Coal. We have now on h'ULro" 4 ffiHinHPS Vn 0X1(1 90 Bear S'reet, two door, from Wall. Now 0rK' MAKSTON POWER. iTW saying Richard was a dancerons man nr.ri and iriendB rushed toward tho school hnnm to crowd of boys, who came inshing out of the rooms of the primary department on the same floor. I was hemmed in bv the Crowd, ftnrl Tvaa ascertain the fato of their little ones.

In a short did not think it sife to go in. The officers hastened to the nlaon nnd Ut time tne rarit front of the building ttr.rf carried along by the rush down the stairs. I was lifted off my feet and borne down one flight several adjacent streets. Wrre crowded with nVi at the door. The loud shrieks of tho victim had ceased but he cauld hear faint mnn lit.

irom the amount it would be necessary to pay if the buildings wero insured. The Common Council we beliavo decided that tho school 01 main uciure i gamea my looting, when I en those of a person exhausted by sufferinc The I ft nf jS; "0UQW 'W for the year 1857 knocked umm the door andmoS l'JSSf .5 2B5.1" i4 of ple. The most painful anxiety and uncertainty prevailed among the parents and friends of the pupils, and for hours all sorts of exaggerated reports were in circulation. The following is the aeavorea 10 turn Daoit, but could not, for the crowd kept pushing me on until I got out of the moneys were intended for the maintenance of tance duc received no renlv. Thsr ih PhUftdrtphla, Mar 1, JS57.

Davm, Pharson Co. was no external signs of fire but from the screaming and crying of the children, I at once suspected the cause of the trouble. The children were passing through the doors at the south of tho building without the least confusion and the teachers acted with perfect coolness while they passed the scholars out. The Principal stood upon the stairs, and remarked to me that he did not know whether there was fire in the building or not but he thought that it was best to pass the children out. At this time I knew nothing of tho trouble at tho foot of the stairs at the north.east corner rf uorrett list ui mo miiea ana injured I wst or kulep.

nounced that they were policemen and should be compelled to force open the door if it was not instantly unlocked, Richard fsT Alfred QaHaonr, ouiming. ii was not until I got outside that I learned the building was on fire. I came out at the boys entrance in Navy street; and down the staircase inhere the lives were lost. "When I found that the building was on fire I wanted to go back to see if I could render any assistance in PATENT AGENT AND ATTORNEY WAJUfNOTOV, D. 0.

George Week, child of Mr. Philip Week, who has a cooper shop in Park avenue and resides in could not come in, and if they broke upon the door, they did it at their peril ho would shoot them. Finding they could not get in peaceably the policemen immediately broke down the door and niBhed in. By lie lit thrnmrh th. MORSE LYNDE.

the schools, and oould not be diverted to insurance speculations. Whether any of thiB fund remains, or the city meets with a dead loss, we are not positively advised. In view of all the circumstances of this disaster, it becomes evident that school houses ought to be smaller than they are, or at least, confined to one story in height, or if raised to two onght to have such means of egress as would permit the discharge of all the pnpils in a few minutes that hot air furnaces ought to be prohibited nnrt ele 1 i geniug nre unuuren out out the boys kept rushing out of the entrance in a dense throng, so that it was impossible for me to get up the stairs OjDBmuoMitLAw 10 BuUdiinr 3M Pulton strwt, uxiora street, me parents are German. The boy was aged 5 years and 10 months. Coroner Cozine held an inquest.

Henry Plass, son of Garwood Plass, 10 years old, of Portland avenue, between Park and Myrtle avennes. The child was taken out by Officer 08 if O. R. Ltxdb. door and windows from the street lamps, they saw Richard standintr with a revolver in TiJq hand, over tho prostrate body of his wifa.

nrhn building. I did not go up stabs until all the children wero out on the Boutb, from fenrnf MARRIED, In Brooklvn JfiimoTMr 1(1 loco kir agaux. saw miss uusnman, one of tho teachers of the primary department, coming down the stairs with the boys, but she appeared to have no control over them, but was carried along in the rush as I had been. I did not see Mr. Walcott on this side (Navy st.) of the building; I saw him afterwards on the other oeconu rrecmot, and carried to the 2d distriot station house.

It died on tho way The parents identified it soon after and took it was covered with blood and wounds, and who with scarcely audible voice, was begeing thebru'. tal man to snare her life. No snnnpr hurl ti, Brooklyn TerryES1'' 4 M'33 Sarah W' Smllb' all'r making confusion while going up the stairs. As soon as the way was clear I went up, as did also the teachers. I found that a passage wav in em more maie teachers should be ployed.

officers entered, than Richard raised his revolver and fired at officer Doan. The ball passed through his overcoat, but fortunatnlv ST y8M8 old 18011 of Ambrose No. 186 Nassau street, wns taken Biae helping the children out. I did not see DIED. From suffocation at the burning oi'Publlc School, No.

14, on tbe 19th HExny son of Jehoakim N. and Eliza tended along tho eastern side of the second tnr any oiner 01 the teachers at the Navy street en to the north east corner, where there was a stair trance beside Miss CushmaD, We have never of the brass buttons of his undercoat, and glanced off without injuring him. Before Richard had time to fire another shot, onn of tha r.ffiM way leading down to the street. In this fltalr. Sopoeifics.

A Mr. Carey, of Philadelphia, is contributing a column or two of dead matter to the Tribune daily, in the shape of letters to the President, a la tho three tailors of Tooley street," on national affairs. They are no doubt excellent articles if a person could keep awake long enough to read them. naa any trouble with the heaters, or any alarm of fire before. The alarms I spoke off proceeded from other causes.

One was caused by a goat coming up stairs, which made a noise that knocked him down with his club, and he wasur. way the children had become jammed. We then drew back Borne of the boys, and dincted rested, taken to the station housfi. nnrt committed by Justice Kelly to await ingnieneo. one ot the asses, and nrnrlnr fiH iv go aown oy the front stairs but by this time the smoke was rushing into tho front some contusion among the children, bnt tbey um riass, in tno lutn year or his ago.

Tho funeral sorvlcos II take place from tho rosldonce of his parents, Portland avenue, noar Park avonuo, on Thursday 2l8t, at one o'olook, P. Jf. The romuius will be taken to Hudson, N. Y. for intorment.

On Tuesday, tho ltith at tho Public School lire Concord stroct, JOH.t Willum Grhe.v, agod 6 yours and i months. The funeral to take place from tho residence of his fiuhor corner of Concord and Hudson avonuo, on Thursday afternoon, at 2 o'cloak. Tho friends of tho family are rospoct fully Invited to attend without further notice. Died at the District School House, No. 14 January 111 1858; Georgo, son of Philip and Frances Wock, agod 0 yonri 10 months and 0 days.

Tho relatives and friends of tho family aro rospeotfully invited to nttond tho mneral Id morrow at 11 o'clock at tho rosiilem nr hia i 11. John Wm. Green, 6 years old, son of David Greene, corner of Concord street and Hudson avenue, was brought oat dead by his father after aiding others to escape. H. C.

Smith, 6 years old, was taken out dead. Parents reside at No. 331 Bridge st Stephen Bloomfield 7 years old, was carried to the house of JDr. B. J.

Stow, No. 193 Na, san street, and there identified by its parents. NAMES OF THE INJURED. MviInfTd "fgber, about ten years old, CklD82Dualley' near York taw. was somewhat fcyUred but is recovering.

We have news from the PacifrVi of a 1 Ojtb more stairway, so that it was impossible for them to go down that way. The smoke was now rushing UNFOttTDWiTB luomaiuou iroui rusning out by the enOrts of the teachers. Another alarm was occasioned by a steam whistle in the neighborhood, which sounded peculiar in the school house, as though 'u icj una taken another husband. The name of the un rible The bark 8arah Ann, bound from Chih to the Island of Oceania with passengers and merchandise, was wrecked on an island inhabited bv fjinnlhi.li. uiruugu mo passage way, but by closing th man is Prince tne souna came up the heating pipes.

None of Sbulekoflki, a Polish doors which divide it, as well as the doors of the rooms, the smoke was kept back. I then sat upon th windowsUl ana fa, teachers he children suffered any injury on either iTddlT3Vm those occasions, though there was onltea nanin r)r0n ts. 1 v. wiiiuiectimitvnncInothieB 1 ford street, noar Myrtlo ayontio. 1 'Suffer little chlldron to come unto ma and forbid thorn forutt in tU Uog4n ef fumyed." uwvug vuvw ivi a ouvittuuti, rcocivea,.