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x Name of 'wee lass'
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Second were instantly killed by the falling floor. The Sister in charge was temporarily blinded by the torrents of blood pouring from the wounds she had received. By calling to the children and following the lead of a wee lass [underlined] who had found her way out, and had come back to help, she succeeded in removing her class from the building.

The roof was blown off the 6th, Grade, and part of it was found on the next Street. The Sister presiding was seated at her desk: beams from above fell on either side of her, but left her unharmed. One child was killed; some of the others were badly cut.

In the Seventh Grade room, dreadful havoc was wrought. The presiding Sister was thrown to the floor unconscious and covered with debris. When she regained consciousness she found that many of her pupils had made their escape. She managed to extricate herself from the ruins and spent some time in helping those who had been taken to the yarn and required attention. One of the girls in this class lost her life.

The Assembly Hall, sharing the fate of the rest of the upper flat, was shattered. One of the Grade I [Roman numeral for 1] classes had been using this as a class-room; but on that morning Sister had kept her pupils in the Basement longer than usual: otherwise all would have been killed.

The destruction of the Second Grade room on the first floor has been spoken of. The other class-room on this floor were those of the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grades. None of those ^ children [children added in after initial document was typed] were killed, but many of them has severe lacerations.

The pupils of the Third Grade, climbing over [underlined] the debris of the fallen staircase and wall, and under [underlined] the slowly tottering balustrade which the height of their bodies kept up until the last child had gone, made their exit through the front door. Then the whole weight came on the Sister who was with them and would have crushed her had not two girls in another part of the Hall answered her calls.

The pupils of Grade Fourth succeeded in escaping with their lives. The Sister