TERRIBLE CALAMITY.
A Copenhagen correspondent writing on the Ist April says :-— rThe Norwegian papers i received to-day, bring some details of a terrible calamity .which occurred a few days ago m the Norwegian village of Ellingso.^ It appears that the schoolmaster had called the children of the village together, . with the object of examining them, using for this purpose the second floor of-- a large unfinished log house; to. which access was gained through a window by means of a ladder, the staircase not being finished. Twenty children had assembled,, and the- examination was nearly concluded,- when suddenly the schoolmaster ".-observed smoke, directly followed by flames, enveloping the room m a moment m fire. Rushing to the window the master observed to his terror that the ladder had disappeared. Seizing ; a couple 1 of- the children. he threw them out of the window, ; and jumped himself, breaking one leg m the fall:. All the men m the village were- out fishing, and the women away ; thus no assistance, was possible, and sixteen of the; children were burnt to death: - ' : \
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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 74, 4 July 1877, Page 3
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