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It was a mere handful among these enraged thousands; but McCredie, who at once took command, determined to stand his ground, and meet as best he could the overwhelming numbers that came driving down like a storm, filling the air with yells and oaths, and brandishing their clubs over their heads.
Gallant Fight of Sergeant McCredie. Mob Triumphant. Beat Police Officers unmercifully. Fearful Scenes. Fifty thousand People block Third Avenue. A whole Block of Houses burning. Attack on a Gun Factory. Defeat of the Broadway Squad. Houses sacked in Lexington Avenue. Telegraph Dispatches. Bull's Head Tavern burned. Block on Broadway burned. Burning of the Negroes' Orphan Asylum.
As the disorderly mass following up the fugitives drew near, McCredie ordered a charge, and this mere handful of men moved swiftly and steadily upon it. The rioters, stunned by the suddenness and strength of the blow, recoiled, and the police, following up their advantage, drove them back, step by step, as far as Forty-sixth street.
In the meantime, Sergeant McCredie, "fighting Mac," as he was called, from the Fifteenth Precinct, Captain C. W. Caffrey, arrived on the scene with a few men.
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