The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-04-02
City Intelligence.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT NEW Building CIL,MBEJis
SnKIr--A very serious accident occurred about half
past O'Clock yesterday morning in front OF new
marble front building which Is being erected in Cham
bers street, Centre. Some OF the employed by
the builder the act Of hosting up largo square
block Of marble, when the rope securing IL broke or
slipped Off and the huge lump of marble fell TO the
ground smashing through the wooden platform with
tremendous noise and lodging mt tho bottom OF deep
vault constructed beneath the SIDEWALK A poor old
woman happened TO be passing on tho Platform at the
tiIne and the boards giving way undor hor, she was
likewise precipated into the vault The unfortunate
severely bruised, and must have sustained
grave internal injuries. IL is almost miracle she was
not struck the MARBLE IN which case her death would
have been instantaneous carrlage having been pro-
street, In very low condition. This accident, which
might have been fatal ought TO suggest the oprety Of
greater caution for the protection ~ the lives II people
passing where buildings being constructed. At pre-
very little attention IL paid ~ the matter,
and huDdreos Of people stand hourly danger os losing
their lives through this culpabie negligence.
WAY APPROPRIATE FnSr o. AlTIL--TnEe NOTABLE
FooIksns The LIST Of April Of 1901 passed oil In n
which ought TO prove highly satisfactory 10 oil
who devote that day to mischief making and buooncry
Three notable tomfoolerios were porpetraicd In the
first place the general public, who had come TO the
cuson that mol only spring had fairy and positively
in, but that summer, with ts fragrance and flowers,
would be shortly upon us, were t0olet by eehoding
storm which would be no DISGRACE to january In
the second place, particular cLsye seekers after 20
leaves aud hshes in yc basket or abrahamwcrc rather
severely taken in and done for by some highly unchris
tian and unchar table wag. In plain language, all
the public oflc ais hereubouts, who likely to lie
"ssckedn by "Uncle Abo'' in the of weeks
received a copy Of the following card, which is sun
ciently explanatory in itself
JoHs ". FsKnfE'S
FREE DINING SALOON,
~ Ludlow street.
Come and eat, ye poor and hungry, without money
and without price
Cpcn from six in tho evening until midnight.
The third last, and supendous foolery Of all was
tho inauguration Of The indescribable bewllderng
fusng end ncomprehonsible Morrill, tarif, which wont
into effect yesterday. These three grand hum ougg
curing day Ought b. render the Isl OF April
1901, famous in ali time to come, and for CONSIDER
able period thereafter.
LECTURE BEyEHT CotoEsD ORPHAN Asy-
IUa.-proessor Youmans s announced 10 deliver lee
tnre the 'hasqucrnde u the Elements" next
Thursday evening, the church oi Tr Cnapn Tho pro
coeds will be devoted benefit OF the C1ored orphan
Asylum.
italian LIBERTY. Charles Carroll Hicks has consented
to repeat his lecture eIaly, Tho War and Garibald
this evening at the Cooper Institute TIE brief sketch
Of Italian history the portraitures of Victor Emanuel,
Count Cavour and Garibadi, with description OF the
citing battle 10 which the lecturer took part pre-
sent an Intellectual entertainment Of no ordinary in.