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QUERIES. 48.—RECITATIONS. "omcom oblige with a the Ipfc I'Mr-inuing — 3^ Jwp, or not U> pop? { /"J we, of course, a jsaroiy of Hamlet's "flous 801iloquy.. COMFS. ■ft'e/teriert. ^ilany years ago I remember reading a set veraea, of which, as far as mv memory Ve* me, this was the irst :— •< as I walked by niysiilf, ] talked to myself, Anrt"' niy8e'*r replied te me; vy-V10 lotions myself then put to myself, j v. "'on answers 1 give to thee." atij reader would f *Mpp;y u complete copy of the verses, *»*«•«. AY.W.M. J^S.— \YNY ATLL; VE RiGET-HANDRD? 'ithru4 0Vev been explained why man is so iw "an8e3, and "why we are not able to tm„ 'Palate our left "hanS so readily as we do V'SBT? JIM CROW. {<l)ttk>uyL. J > TXTTNEB) OBEY BY FRIGHT. in oommon with the majority of *hi"n«n of persons' hair being suddenly amj, P'T by fright, fcnt should like to have "Untilnt,c instances. Can any of your readers FVV, AN-T ? FOLK-I-CRIST. ^ttenhani, 'W CUSTOM. I take it, acquainted with the to Ba first-foot, now, 1 regret disappearing. In connection a* •C8,Tl someone explain why exists K^judioe against a red-haired person to enter a house on New r. T. G MiS.-GiBwms, Sicldin suddenly become afflicted with or oth*8' thejF stand upon a precipice ew er and look down. I have len^^ the sensation myself more than tfce aaQ should, consequently, like to know a»d if it can be overcome in any Bay p ^*r) #njf reader of the WeeJdy Mail 7 ] 1IED-HKAD.

BEPLXES. GIANTS. ..Query No. 23.) The tallest man who ever lived in Britain is said to have bem John Middleton. He wasborn U Hale. ir. Lancashire, in the reign of James Ilis height was Oft. 3in. and his hand 'onf anc! broad. The Irish people 0*1* ,ome ver- men among them, ana °f tlas naxne of Murphy was 8ft. 10in., ITfe *no*lftr waR 8ft. Sin. Charles ftkn/*eto was k>Rb, an<* there is a j) i«i the Museum of Trinity College, which measures Sft. 6in. SIX-FOOT. TOOTHACHE, Y. I Query No. 34.) i -"Sence of peppermint is the bebt remedy I 7* of. A. J. Ctl:.tt. worst kind of toothache can be inime- onred W ihe application of a little w°ol soaked in a strong solution of <Ui "),Us placed in the hollow of the tooth. c,thyr. ONK WHO HAS IS U FIE RED. I 1 6^) drops of creosote or spirits of tar, l*,udaDum, 120 of sweet spirits of 'l Ila** wen. A piece of lint dropped into **il i inre' anQ applied to the tooth will not a enre. M. D. mi**?* °^ten arises from acidity of the c*ulse# irritation and inflamma- *>t J t^posed nerves. A strong solution Jr.r T°n&^ °* 80<i* W'H generally remedy -1 °' toothache. The mouth should be afc*?^ wr^h the solution, and it may be to the teeth and gums with a Wd toothbrush. ywwtth. SYMPATHY. T'EEI-ESX COAL-MINKS. <Query No. 42.) Coa^~mines 'n the British Isles t '{o#e Bridge' »ear Wigan, in j yards in depth, and Dukin- 'hiva on the coniines of Lanca- /v" J h .T8'~<k ■JR JSORTH-COUNTIIYMAN. f COLJL-IKR'S query, tbe deepest P^!iey» C ln^ England is the Ash+on Moss ^0 Araerjshaw, near M anchester, about 'n 's the vu .a^igation. Colliery, Llancaiach, near Ca^yvd, 780 yards. W. 11. B. To SPLIT PAPER. (Query No. 46.) (f0 two waJs splitting a piece of of [ife to lay the sheet of paper on a i soak it thoroughly with water, a }t smoothly all over the glass. u»^i °^re of the sheet L^fi. ) i"^ the under half on the this dry and it will come off the I cWy- course) the glass must be per- ^e second way is better, but it t tlPrac*,lce- Paste a piece of cloth or .Wit. vvj** on e*ch aide of the sheet to be Lip it has thoroughly dried, pull the 8 c5o'h aPart suddenly and i^Wat". Tbe paste can then be softened y t*W^ the two Halves of tbe sheet n off THE cloths. BOOKWORM.

THE LARGE ROBBERY OF BONDS. I* f'l22*»day*"SH-N House Police-court, LOIIJOD, on d_ Thomas Tumour and Caft a Clnr wepe further cttarged with in v^Oi-itiMT>,taod' Ta,ne ^000. aid A.neri- tuL°Vei«ber 'ifttiue £ 2l>°00. from Baring's Bmk, «W.°U* CLTAB^R? Evidence WHS adduced llmt u n°tc> Pftrt of the purchase "Mle (;I"iu branch of the Bank of Eng. Ui« i'* a 1200 note into the Woolwich »h%t ni01} (bounty Bank, where he Evidence was also given to show •otej -^1 .r C^'ke had had dealings with ClifW c'' had been paid Tumour for arrested, stated thnt tie to obtain a loan upon the Aw IT "i' <lCcount«d for tbe poafession r>w5*P*ri prni purcbai»«d tliem from t- > Jfnwn who had stnyei) at the »w ag.iin reman^fri.

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MEN WHOM I HAVE KNOWN. [By Charles Wilkins, F.G.S J ASKEW ROBERTS, Author of The Gossiping Guide tc Wales." Many years ago, in wandering through North Wales, I had for guide, philosopher, and friend The Gossiping Guide to Wales, and found it in- valuable. To ascertain a route, to find details of legend or historic incident, to while awny an idle hour by the sea or up in the recesses of the mountains, or do similar good duty on a wet day in my inn, this book was always the one thing needed, It had alao a genial, social air about it. It struck one as having been compiled by a man who had stores of knowledge, and the additional capacity of b'iicg able to impart it without the air of learning or the disqualification of pedantry. He was your friend, chatty, discursive, with a joke here and an anecdote there, and when you came to your journey's end and placed your book in the recesses of your vdise you seemed to part company, to wish him farewell, just as real friends in the flesh are parted with and farewells full of emotion s iid. For the writer, Askew Roburte, I conceive j n regard out of the common run, but years passed and, though brother members of several societies, we did not meet. Our First Meeting. One day the meeting came. The Cambrian Arclite ,logical Society fixed their headquarters at Church Stretlon, and South and North Walian members gathered there in considerable numbers. On the second morning, looking over the list of ariival-, I saw the name of Askew Robert", and nt once r>sl<cd the secretary if he had seen him. "Yes," was the reply, he came in last »;ght. There he is, coming up the road with the archdeacon." 1 looked, and saw a slightly-built mar, past the prime, with a student bund, keen, dark eyes, and pale features. Wo were soon acquainted, and on many a journey then and in succeeding years nlways "chummed." A more ^nihuciistic nnti- qu-iry I never met, and, though devoled to Bye- gone" he was a good, ull-rouud intellectual friend. I 8oou found that his bock was a mirror of him- self like it, genial and chatty, showing 110 airs, assuming no importance. The J.P. and the Policeman. I never saw but once the slightest approach to any assumption of importance in my friend Askew, and that w.ts very «xcustblp, and a good deal prompted by fun. We formed part of a gathering which included a large number of county goutry, had gone by train and cottch unto the borders of his own dvmain, and were inspect- ing a monastic ruin aiid the relics of a grand retreat, placed, as tlwe old loven of the finny tribe invariably did place them, by the side of a sleepy stieam, when my friend suggested that, as we should not dine until we reached Welshpool, lunch iu some quiet pub would be acceptable. It was soon arranged, and, while the rest were rubbing tissue ) aper on old brasses or sketching recumbent figures, we hurried off and were soon enjoying the simple bread and cheese and beer which the host had. We were doing full justice to tbe lunch, when in came a pclicemao, who looked fixedly at us, thought we were nobodies who wouldn't repor!, and called for a pin, As he drank it Askew put a few questions, which were answered in an off-hand tone when, speaking with more directness and force, my friend continued, Wbo was on the bench this morning? The bench ?" rejoined the policeman iu the same manner, but showing a little more in) ereat. YtS, the bench, reiterated Askew. "I happen to be a J.P., aud wish to know." The constable stoly one look at him, recognised him, and was in a moment as deferentinl as he had been suily. He never imagined that one of the mot>t frequent on tbe bench, the keenest intellect and readiest speaker had descended to "cake and ate" in a roadside inn, and the disillusion was not a pleasant one. His First Literary Work. Mr. Askew Roberts was the son of Mr. Samuil Roberts, bookseller, of Oswestry, and was boru in that town in 1826. He was descended from the family of Anne Askew, the martyr—a name handed down amongst them for generations. His. first literary work was in connection with a magazine called Oswald's If ell, in which he was associated with the late Shirley Brooks, afterwards editor of Punch. In 1849 Oswald's Well waq succeeded by the Oswestry Advertiser, which soon developed from a monthly into a weekly. Jn course of time, by Mr. Roberts's indefatigable management, it became one of the most important and influential papers over a wide district in Shropshire and North Wales, doing good work in the railway projects and other public needs of the time. He next started a paper, which afterwards becaino the Cambrian News, and, as one of the prominent journalists, continued a power for sub- stantial good until 1868, when he retired from business, selling his copyright to two of his old associates at the Caxt'iti Press, by one of whom Mr. Edward Wood (tt, the Advertiser is still worthily conducted. The Establishment of ByegoMes. But Mr. Roberts'spirit was > ne of the indomi- table and restless, and it soon became evident that he retired only in name. In 1671 be offered to edit a column of antiquarian matter for the Adver- tiser, and thi", promptly accepted, was the origin of the now widely-lir"»wn Bye-gones which has supplied a model: I) many a newspaper in the country. So well WH.' the tines laid down by him that after his decease Bye-gones continued to exhibit the crwpy" stvle and pertinacity of gleaning which characterised the founder, hand- ing onward for town and country history in- valuable data. And "The Gossiping Guide." A little before "Byegooes b ji J roduced Mo Roberts had issued On and Of the Cambrian which in the course of years, by successive improvements and enlargements, has bocomc the Gossiping Guide-B work destined to keep the memory of its author green lony after his con- temporary have pas-sed away. His Chef Production, Regarded from an antiquarian poiivt ui vitw, his History of the Gwydtr I'amMg takes chicf rank amongst his works. This, written i«ist\e early part of tbe ninth ceniu y, by Sir J^IIM Wynne re produced in ¡71tf bv the Moo. ihiints ton; the second time in 1781, in the Harrington Miscellanies; and the third time by Miss Angharad Llwyd, in 1827, has been admirably edited by Mr. Roberts, and, as a family history of North Wales, it is simply invaluable. It gives a most graphic account of the state of society in the Middle Ages. Askew Roberts heartily disliked shams. For the stout old ladies who were first in at lunch and I who cared more about toothsome dishes than the details of antiquity he had a miid aversion, but if they partook too freely of cordials and showed it by increased loquacity then his aversion was! quickly shown, and he seemed impelled to fix his attention upon them. For assumption of impor- tance when there was no honest basis,.too, he had a dislike; for the "green" antiquarian a mild a:nil, of reproof, but genuine ability, even though accompanied by Lhe Doric language of the country, had his respect, and the grey sages of the society his veneration. Cardiff and the Western Mail." On several occasions Mr. Roberts visited Cardiff, and he was always pleased with the change and much interested in the rapid development of the place. It was a startling contrast to Oswestry— the great docks and fleet, and the constant inrush of vast quantities of coal from the valley, formed a picture such as it was impossible for Siiop to yield. Meeting him almost the last time he g'adly accompanied me to the Western Mail offiec, for though a strong Liberal he possessed all the in- stincts of a good pressman and he was for'hwith introduced to the leading conductors, all of whom knew and respected his reputation. The quiet adjournment that followed, the hospitable recep- tion, and the earnest farewell to one whom none of us were ever destined to meet again are 'I amongst the treasured memories, It wa*. if I am not mistaken, upon this occasion, June, 1383, that Mr. Roberts caught a severe cold, from which he never recovered, and in December of the same I year the earnest labourer in go ,d works ceased to be. Mr. Roberts has linked his name inseparably with the Cambrian, and that pleasant line, winch has made the glories of the North so accessible and appreciated, wi:l always re-call his name. I am indebted for many details of the foregoing sketch to the courtesy of Mr. Woodall, editor and pnrt proprietor of the Oswestry Advertiser.

Frightful Catastrophe I at a Public School. I I! FIRE AT FOREST GATE INSTITUTION, THE BOYS PENNED IN TWENTY-SIX INMATES SUF- FOCATED. GALLANT ATTEMPTS AT I RESCUE. PITIFUL SCENES. [rtiOM OUU SPKCJAL HKPOKIERS.] ¡ LONDON, Wednesday. 'I In the early hours of the first day of the n;w year a fire broke out in the Industrial Schoc) at I Forest Gale, one of the eastern euburbs of Lon- don, and, although the dimes were quieklv subdued, no fewer than 26 boys lost heir lives by suffocation. In some resg cts, alt hough not, of course, in its iqtil In gni- tude, the catastrophe resembled the awful tra jedy at the theatre at Sunderland, where over 130 chil- dren lost their lives, but at Forest Gati this morn- ing there was no panic, because the unhappy children perished while wrapped in th" ( slumber which foliowL-d u; on an evening of fes- tivity and before they coukl fe.il the slightest s Mise of danger. In no instance hsd any attemp'. bjen made to escape. Even the ten whosecorp^rs vere diriigured by the and smoko probably suffered but little, the burns being received after deati) by suffocation, and this theory receives support from the lact tint uf the rescued children none received physical injury, nlihough most of them were c,iri-ied out of the building by officials and firemen in a state of s'up; faction. DESCUirriON OF THE INSTITUTION. The fire originated but a few minutes after ,irid- night in the north wing, which is devoted to the boys' dormitories, and before de.-cribicg tho scene and the resulting incidents it would be well to explain the nature of the institution. Forest Gate Industrial School is an institution for the training of children of the poor living in the Eist End of London, nnd especially in the Wtiite- cliapel and Poplar districts. It was built to accommodate about 800 or 900 boys and giils but, as a fact, very few youngsters have been admitted lately, and the muster roll shows only about 650 now under detention. The youngsters are taken, most of them, from com- fortless homes and tent to the school, not for in" dulgence in crime, but rattier because of their obstinate, truant phiying propensities, and because, also, of the fact that their parents or guardians have proved unfit or unable to control them. Thcyrec.ive an excellent training—mr>ral and phyÚcal-Ï11 the institution. The girls ale taught domestic duties, and fitted fo service; the boys have an industrial training and are instructed in engineering, carpentry, garden- ing, and other useful every-day pursuits. The schoo!, a brick building, with a sitnewhat impos. ing frontage to the uviin road, is situated about five minutes' walk from the Great Eastern Railway Station. It was built about 35 years since, and has been added to from time to time, the result being a somewhat heterogeneous mass of erections. The girls' wards are on the left of the m iin entrance, while the boys' arc on the right. The large dining-hall in the centre takes up a considerable portion of the ground floor. NO WARNING OF DANGER. Wlienatnoonto day the youngsters answered the roll call in the dining-room, in which a substantial hot meal was served to tliem, no one watching their faces would have suspected that a shocking disaster had occurred but a few hours previously and resulted in the denth of 26 of their playfellows- The children, indeed, were cheerful and merry, and ate the spec al fare which was served out to them in a cheerfully dictated hall with evident zest and healthy appeti'e. Passing direct through tins dining hall, tbe visitor ut once entered the north wing THE SCENE IN THE NEEDLE-ROOM. The ground door of this is devoted to what i; called the needle-room, and here, too, are the lockers in which the boys' clothing was stored. The scene now presented was one of destraction and dosolalior. The buitding is brick and timber built, and it wns heated by means of two stoves The chimney pipe from one of these stoves passes through a wooden partition into the portion of the f room devo'ed to the storage of clothing, and evidently i' was this stove and pipe which j csiuscd the dreadful calamity. The officials state that the pipe had only been swept the preceding day, and the suggestion is that some burning soot escaped at a defective j )n t. TERRIBLE RESULTS. Whalevtr the origin of the fire, however, the results were most terrible. Over this storeroom were situated the dormitories Nos. 9 and 10, one above the other, and it was in these that the out- I break of Jire had its fatal consequences. TJie — <ST boys sleeping in the wing numbered ¡ in all 84. Of these 58 escaped with j their lives, but the remaining 26 were suffocated. Accepting the theory that burning soot escaped from a defective joint ir. tin stove pipe, it may be easily understood that the stove pipe, it may be easily understood that the fall of it on to the clothing with which the room was tilled soon caused a blazo. Indeed, in the storeroom and needlc-room thu flames seem to have spent their fury. The timber partition and the furniture were complttely charred, and the lath and plaster ctiling was burnt through. The boy, according to usual custom, were locked in tke dormitories which are divided into two equal parts, containing each of them about 22 small iron bedsteads, very comfortably fitted up. for the boys. In addition to these dormitories, there were separate sleeping apartments for adult offi cials of the institution on each landing. At the outer doers of the doimitories there is a powerful hydrant, and the authorities had hoped that these precautions against fire left nothing to be desired. A LADY OFFICIAL RAISED JIJE ALHiM. The alarm of lire was first raised by Miss Bio nr.- i field, one of the assistant mistress s, and her narrative is as follows:— I had charge < f the storeroom bei ea h the dor- mitories :1,1111 sleep on the first fl«„>or, in a room abutting on the stone lanliing. near the lower dcr- mitories. About twenty minutes past twelve I was just dropping off to sleep when I noticed a strong smell of something burning and at once ran to the storeroom, and there saw sparks of file in the partition dividing the necd.V-rcom from the storeioom. It was through this partition that the pipe passed from the stove, the woodwork being protected by means of two iron lings, which had been placed there at the request of the insurance company. It was near one of these rings that I saw the sparks. Befoie I eculd get out of the room I noticed smoke and flames, but could not say exactly where they came from. I quickly ran upstairs and awakened Miss Terry, who siept in a room abovo me. She in her turn ran to the servants' bedroom opposite to get the keys of the door leading into the dining-hall, in order that Mr. Duncan, the superintendent, might be awakened. Then we alarmed the whole build- ing by riuging the treat bell. Miss Terry fetched Mr. Duncan, wl o at once come and worked inces- santly at the hydrants and rescuing the boysuntij the firemen came. Only a few seconds elapsed from the time of my lirst seeing the fire until the whole placc was a mass of Cuncs, while the smoke was suffocating, and we could hardly breathe. Whilst Miss Terry fetched the superintendent I awakened the yardman, who slept in a room pit- titioned off from the other dormitory. I was ill the needle-room at ten o'clock on the preceding night with Miss Terry, and all was then safe. Our last duty is to look after these points." Miss Terry corroborates thi:! narrative in its main details, and adds that when she awakened Mr. Duncan he very promptly responded to her can, and w.is very soon at the scene of the fire. THE SUPERINTENDENT'S ACCOUNT. Mr. Charles Duncan, the superintendent, to whose courage and promptitude the preservation of the other pait of the building is due, was utterly tired out both bodily and mentally when at length c,ur reporter obtained a short inteiview with him. lie said I was called at 12.35 by Miss Ttrry, who in formed me of the fire. Within two minutes I had arrived at :he scene. 1 got it I fir,, queen'—you know, those things fiosn which a combination of acids h distributed—but I could not get near the fire with it. I managed to crawl upstairs on my hands and knees and got the door of the dormitory open. The smoke overpowered m however, and I must have fallen di/wnstaiis again, for the next thing I remembered was finding myself at the bottom. I was not injured in any way, nnd I then turned on He hydrant and used the hose with such good effect, from a position near ¡he dining- room door, that I soon reduced the fire on my side In fact, the fire was completely under control by the time the firemen arrived. All the boys who were saved had been removed » y this time by Mr. Elliot nnd others." OFFICIAL RETORT. The following is the report of Chief Superinten- dent Smith, of 'he West Ham Fire Brigade:— We hsd a call at our Forest-gate Station ihis morning at 12.47 to the Furest-gato District Industrial Schools, Forest-lane. Thiee steamers, a hofc car1, and nn (-scape attended. When we anivfd we found the ground and first floors well ali<;ht. We ti ied nil we knew to get into the floors wlicre the children were, but it was impossible. Fifty-eight of the boys sleeping there at the timp were rescued, and 26 lost their lives. Ttte (a.uto of the fire is supposed to be the overl eating of the stove pipe. There were seven hydrants and one steamer at work. One ffm de was slightly injured by jumping from the first floor. One man and four women were sleeping in the building with the children. When we arrived the hydrant conu-ceted with the schools was at work. The building is insuted in the Sun Office." ADDITIONAL DETAILS. The firemen and others made superhuman j efforts, and some very nairow cscupca are 011 record, but pluck was of no avail when the rescuers were so handicapped in point of time. There is little doubt, that the bulk of the deaths to k place before ilie outbreak was discovered either by Miss Bloomfiehi or Mr. Harc, and. under these circumstances, unstinted praise should be given to those who so willingly rifled their j lives on behalf of the poor little wairs. When the steam engines arrived on the 'scene a mastery IVilS rapidly obtained over the fire, but it was not until after two o'clock that it was completely extin- guished. The whole of the bod:es, however, had been got out some time before this, and the authorities were able to realise the full extent of the calamity. As the bodies were rescued from the burning wins they WHO taken tothcinthtuary in the smaller blocks of buil dings, where they will lay until after the inquest, which opens at one o'clock to-day (Thursday). NAMES OF THE VICTIMS. A Press Association reporter was allowed to view the bodies of the hapless victims. They lie in the infirmary-hall, the walls of which are very largely covered with New Year's mottors and decorations of holly and mistletoe. The bodies are placed in two rows, along the sides of the apart- ment, and the sight is one of the most harrowing which could possibly be witnessed. The heads of the little fellows rest on snowy white pillows, and j little blankets are tucked around them. Tho f»ces of the majority of them wear a peaceful and pain- less expression, proving that death was butjt con- tinuation of their sleep, and that no sudden fright had comcto disturb the serenity of their slumbers. The liuie itunda lie nat.urally at the side or on the breast, and betoken no struggle fcriife. In the few instances where tha natural colour the skin has been turned by the heat the burning is evidently very slight and of a post-mortem ¡ character. This, however, does not apply to two of the cases. In one of these the side of the face is scorched, and in the other the remains are but a blackencd and charred mas". The terrible condi- tion of this body is due to its falling through the floor of No. 9 Dormitory into the room below,where the fire raged most fiercely. A list of the dead was made out during the forenoon, and one of the police officers on duty within the infirmary was some time occupied iu the gruesome work of chalking on the walls a particular number over each ef the bodies. As the day advanced the chamber of death was the scene of some most heartrending incidents. First a mother, then a sister, and occasionally some other relative of a deceased boy would be con. ducted to the spot where the body lay, and heart- rending sobs weuh) penetrate throagh the closed doors, tor none but those connected' vriib the —————. — — —} deceased ct old look on at this solemn momeat* The folio wis » is the list of the dead:- Augustus Flowers, seven years, Poplar Union: Theophilus Flowers, nine years, Poplar Union. John Jones, seven years, Poplar Union. John Taylor, seven years, Poplar Union. Michael Vassum, eight years, Whitechapel Union. Fred Smith, nine yen-?, Whirechspel Ur;i--a. Edward Kilburn, nin-i years, Poplar. John Joyce, ten yeais, Poplar. Richard Page, seven years, Poplar. James Potts, ten years, Whitech^pe'. Wiiliam Hui-ap, nine years, Poplar. Frank Chalk, seven years, Whitechapel. llyrbert Russell, ten years, Croydon. J.unes Rolfe, eight years, Poplar. Thomas North, twelve ye"r", Poplar. Walter Searlf, nine years, Poplar. Charles Biddick, twelve yeais, Pop!a.r. Fred Scott, seven years, Poplar. Henry Sowerbutt, ten years, Poplar. Gilbert Alison, ten y-ars, Puplar. Thomas Hughes, eleven years, Poplar. Willi; ITI Dawson, seven years, Whitechafel. Fred Wigmorc, eight years, Croydon. William Sillitoe, nine years, Wiiitecti;iri-I. Arthur Pigeon, nine years. Fop'ar. Albert Smith, twelve yenrs, Poplar. ANXIETY OF RELATIVES. When the sad details of the disaster hecau# known in the neigliboui hood this mornir-g great excitement W.1S manifested, and -UW day the main entrance to the school< wag blocked by crowds anxious to catch a g'hmpae of the ruined building. A strong force cl police, uoder Insj ector Harvey, was, however, In attend- ance, and none bu' those having business wi'h tb8 officials were allowed to enter the gites. At sewn a.m. Mr. Duncan assembled all the boy in the dining-hall and called over their DRmr", ttttac which a list of the dead was ported at the p jrter'# lodge. During the afternoon many person* leaving sons oi d'ju^hters at the institution arrivid from Whucchapcl, Poplar, und other East End uistricU for the purpose of setting their minds at r st M to the fate of their children. As a rule, after a glance at the lis', they were able to return re-assured, bat in one or two ca.'es I he result or a scrutiny WM leFc; satisfactory. The gates were then .p*ned, and, amid the silent sympathy of the crowd, ibe sorrowing relatives would be admitted and con- ducted to the infirmaiy for the purpose of kh nti- fying the child on whose behalf the visit was undertaken. Mrs. Smith, whose son Albert, a.gecl twelve, met wi ll his death in No..9 Dormitory, woa scaicely able to recognise the corpse, so :T.tared were the features, arid the woman burst into a flood oi tears at the sight of her dtadb y, and went away sobbing piteously. A DAY OF MOURNING. In accordance with time-honoured < ustoa, New Year's Day was to have been a day of festivity for the scholars. A gigantic Cliristmos Tree iir*.ct been prepared for the amusement of the youngsters, and the crowd at the gates was swelled by the many friends of the inmates who had come to witness the presentation of prises and other functions which form a part of the New Year's Day programme. Of course, the dreadfW calamity which has befallen the schools upset llM whole arrangements, and, in addition to tlie taw of their playfellows, the little ones Rre deprived oi their annual treat. With reference to the cause of the fire, Mies Terry declares emphatically that when she went to bed at eleven o'clock, having then just com* from 1 lip. needle-room, the fire and gas were both out. The chairman of the school, moreover, points cut that, in compliance with a regul ation rigidly insisted on by the insurance company, the stove pipe was so safeguarded that it was next. to impossible that it should have caused the confla- gration. In the course of the morning the Mayor of West Ham paid a visit to the school, and in the afternoon a board meeting was held.

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