Pittsburg Dispatch -- August 28, 1911 Newsie's Face is Missing; School Bells Are Silent

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today. School bells on both sides of Chartiers creek will not ring at their accustomed time. seven of their pupils were among the dead.

It was deemed best by the principles, in view of the overwhelming sorrow which has spread over the entire burrough, that until after the funerals of the children are held there be no school. The date of the opening will be September 4.

Two of the children who met death attended the third ward school. Five went to public schools of the old burrough. They were: Old bBurrough, George Kay, Walter Neisch, Francis Byrd, Murray Hill and Elizabeth Ghedditsch; Third ward, Paul Matsic and Mareclla Robinson.

A familiar, cheery face that will be sadly missed among downtown business men is that of Walter Neish. As a "newsie," his cheery face, his customary whistle, and his shock of tussled red hair has been a familiar figure for several years. He was a sturdy little business man, too -- ever ready with his morning newspaper or his afternoon daily. Neicsh, it seems, had parted with a few of the pennies he had earned by dispensing papers to his customers to see the "movin' pictur's." He was caught in the crush, his manly form resisted for a moment, and then he, with the rest of the victims, fell to his death.

All social events have been postponed, with the change of dates of opening school, because of the tragedy. All baseball games in the church league have also been postponed.