The republic., 1851-07-09

dangerous CONDITION imam the TWO former.
CoRoNER's INQUEST WAS HELD YESTERDAY
OVER THE BoDy OF JAMES HANRAHAN, who died Of
the injuries he received by the accident at Browns
hotel. The jury consisted of the following named
citizens Daniel Campbell, Zephaniah Jones, VIM.
r. Riley, James B. Clarke, r. w. Carter, Joseph
Lyons, John Rggles, S. T. Wall, James d. Hoover,
George McNeir, Thos. S. McNeir, and j. F. VOL
lard.
Mr.. MARSHAL BRowN, one of the proprietors,
testi6ed that he in the front building at the
time OF the occurrence; knew nothing about it of
his own knowledge. AS the dust cleared
away he went in, and saw number of men, more
or less injured. He had been upon the scaffold-
ing on Monday, although he had gone up frequent
y. He did not know the deceased, nor was he
aware that the deceased imprudent or intoxi-
Gated. Mr. Lewis said that Hanrahan was a new
hand.
MIR. chopin said that he superintendent the car
penter's work, and had taken that part from Mr..
Snifen. The first and second stories stronger
than the third, because, in the first and second,
joists from the other side every now and then
Tapped In the third they are not, inasmuch as the
wall from which joiss came dispensed with.
The we'll hole propped in the centre and the
corners. He remarked last Thursday evening"
when he put up the we'll hole, that it ought to be
propped. 1t was propped by, he supposed, Mr.
Lewis The columns to be put under the corners
will be for ornament rather than for strength
The bricklayers called off at half past eight
o'clock, and the accident happened at half. past
eleven. He heard Lewis say TO Bender, "When
Pm away that every thing ia in order. If the
laborer does not obey you kick him off," This
was said in the presence of all the laborers.
WILLIAM MAGEE was at work eight or ten feet
from where the accident happened From fifteen
hundred to tive thousand bricks were on the plat
form at the time He had more than that
number on the platform from below. Four brick
layers were at work-generally seven eight--the
others were called away. His brother had few
minutes before cautioned the men He did not
know until now that the other stories stronger
than the third. Ii was matter of surprise that it
should give way. Warning had been given by
Mr.. Lewis to the hands who fell
GEORGE PAYNE was on the scaffod half hour
before the accident. He cautioned the men short
time previous. He afraid the tenon in the
northeast corner would break. He said that there
were too many bricks, and never before
many of them there. He then left the building.
He did not deem it safe for him to GO underneath
and strengthen the platform He saw Mr.. Lewis
going up the ladder fifteen or twenty minutes be-
fore the accident
ZEPHANIAH JONES said that the windlasses,
joint-ro etc, weigh each about three hundred
pounds; loaded up they weigh twelve or fifteen
last for some time and then rest. Any Journey
man, in the absence of the employer, would eau
tfon about straning the scalfold.
HENRY THAvER testified that he at work on
the scatfoldspot far off, and heard journeyman
caution the aborers
ANDREW MAGEE on the scafTod, and eau
toned the men. This ten minutes before the
accident. He had not been there long. The men
said that there was no danger, and went on but
he afraid.
THOMAS LEWIS on the scaffold when the
cident happened; was at the corner. He had just
got up when the crash took place. He did not
then caution; he had not time. He had scolded an
oldAman at the bottom for sending up more bricks.
He had just got up and asked question; but be-
fore it was answered he felt the scaffold giving
way, and ran. Seven workmen were on the wall,
backing the marble Three of them were drawn
off to work elsewhere; and while he (Lewis) was
absent for hour, the others left off above and
went to work at another place. He had left suf-
ficient number of workmen to up tho bricks.
A bucket carries about twenty five bricks; each
windiass ought to lift twenty five thirty buckets
hour. The scalIod was, he thought, strong
enough 10 bear the usual weight. The deceased
worked four days last week.
At the close of the testimony, the jury agreed
upon the following verdict, viz.
"On Monday, July Z, 1851, about IL Ho'cock,
while the said James Hanrahan was, with some
eight others. employed in the fourth story of
Browns Hotel, on Pennsylvania avenne, in this
city, at or about of the three windlasses over
the well-hole sky light hosting bricks, and
had brought up an unusual number of bricks, some
fifteen hundred or two thousand, and had been
cautioned against the danger but deeming 1t se-
cure from the underpinning continued; and while,
after being cautioned in the act of raising another
supply, the northeast corner Of the sky-hght gave