New York, NY fire drill causes panic, Sept 1882     The horrors
of 1851, when a number of children were killed and injured in a
school in Greenwich-avenue during a panic caused by a fire-alarm
being given by mistake, came near being re-enacted yeserday
afternoon at Grammar School No. 41, at Nos. 36 to 40 Greenwich-
avenue, which is built on the site of the building where the
fatal panic of 1851 occurred. In the present instance a panic
was created by children not trained to the "fire drill." When it
was rung they became alarmed, "Fire!" was cried, and selfish
consideration prevailed, but after a quarter of an hour of
intense excitement, the teachers, janitor, firemen, and Police
had behaved with such rare intelligence and energy that the
panic was stayed and nearly all the children reached the avenue
unharmed. Grammar School No. 41 is attended only by girls. At
the time of the panic yesterday 610 were in the 11 class-rooms
of the primary school on the first floor, under Miss Susanna
Whitney, and 669 were in th