Brooklyn Daily Eagle 16 February 1849 THE TERRIBLE FIRE and deaths near Hempstead.--In another portion of our paper, we give some strange, but undoubtedly true, particulars connected with the house lately burnt, near Hempstead, and with Mr. MILLER. The facts we glean from a gentleman who resided at Trimming Square. As yet the details of this tragedy are not fully gathered, but we know enough to say that it is one of the most shocking, that ever happened on Long Island. THE HEMPSTEAD TRAGEDY - ERROR -- In our account of events, perhaps connected with this affair, yesterday, the printers should have had one little paragraph as it was written thus: "The following occurrences took place in 1839." [Yesterday's article erroneously transposed it to 1849.] We learn that the statement made in the Star that the unfortunate girl at Hempstead who was abused by a negro in that neighborhood had been turned out of school by her teacher [Mrs. ADRAIN, we believe] is untrue. On the other hand she has been treated with the greatest tenderness and every means have been made use of to cause her to forget the outrage. Then on the 21 February 1849 THE HEMPSTEAD FIRE. We mentioned a few days since that the origin of the late terrible affair at Hempstead, L.I. was involved in mystery, but that strange suspicions were entertained by the neighbors. These suspicions gradually became stronger and created great excitement, which resulted in the coroner holding a second inquest on the bodies. He was assisted in the investigaton by Dr. WEBB, Dr. SNEDECKER and a young gentleman from New York. It appeared that Mr. MILLER could not have left the house more than 30 minutes when the fire was discovered. When Mr. DUNHAM got there the main building was very nearly destroyed, but the kitchen was but little burned, showing that the flames were not accidentally communicated from the fire which Mr. MILLER kindled in the kitchen. The remains of Mrs. MILLER and the children were all found lying together, and not as they would most likely have been had the fire been accidental. Mrs. MILLER lay on a straw bed and did not appear to have moved. Her body, and those of her children were so much burnt that nothing relative to the origin of the fire could be learnt from them, but Mrs. MILLER's head was but little burnt. On it were two gastly wounds and the skull was fractured. The coroners Jury found a verdict that Mrs. MILLER and the children were murdered by some person unknown. When Mr. MILLER was informed of the catastrophy, Mr. NOSTRAND states that he seemed but little effected. It was first supposed that the atrocious deed was perpetrated by the friends of a negro whom Mr. MILLER shot about ten years ago, but it is not known that the negro had a single friend or relative in this country. The strange circumstance of a young woman who lived at Mr. M's disappearing one morning about fifteen months ago since, and no mention being made to the neighbors for two weeks of her being missing, has created an unfavorable impression against him, which the circumstances of the late tragedy, are calculated to make still stronger. There will probably be a judicial investigation at an early day. --N.Y. SUN. Transcribed for the Bklyn Info Pages by Nancy E Lutz