, 1877-05-02
CASUALTIES.
4 Portion Of the Roof Of tho New
Post.0ffice at New York
Falls In,
Three Persons I{illctl and Soy.
crnl Seriously Wounded.
August 0bsequies Of the Burned Fireman
at Montreal, canada.

- FtILINH N&1tJFs
EEF YnRR, May Ia section nf the roof on tho
nnftheasi corner nf tho now Poht.Odfce Building
Set at o'c1ock this afternoon, whtic men were 1t
work removing tho supports whlch had been p1seed
nntscr II wh!tc making repairs. Tho accna OF the
accident was an unfinished fohrn about thirty eeyen
feet sqnarc adjoining those under the dome. At
tho timo of the accident thsto were len men nt
work in The room. and had nearly completed their
aborf, when, without warning, the Whole Feclinn Of
the foof which covered them tc1l badly, tearing
the iron girders fron, their sockets and completely
corer!ng Tho men With sonercte, which COM
posed the filing InAof the roof. Denso
clouds Of dust llcd tho Railways AND gasc the i'm
preston 10 those On tho lower oors that the build
Ing WAS Gu dre. and an alarm was sent ont calling
the ftc department to the rcenc. Edward II.
Donghcrty. general foreman OF the work, haat!IJ
collected his men and commenced The work Of re-
moving tho Of Iron and concrete. not knowing
how many Of his iAborcrt had bcen buried UNDER
quickly al the seena ii is ditastet: -.
Gh' T. S'nn n"ts w. ths ast
bfoken and otherwlso injnrcd. dennis Fismlne
waR taken ont In m unconscious condition.
called the roll. when It waa found that Nax Ifcns'1
and Henry Jones we're s'tshtIT Injured. md man
ed FIT dsins Ts 1ss s.8 .ns o s.a9s ID. "ns n
n1fYN he 4tuFN f1f thf material
to rc;as ths ~ ntneres. nf te Morkmen. ii III. IN
thc ,nn.t tsmntc rnrnnf Of thn room. wisre i'm
nrinrinnl x";eht scems 10 nayo fallen. his iifetss
hhoJy w found ~ ~"' '
*. trnd ~ wannied wene removed 10 the
1.mt,.v =. tt1set tjnsnftsi hnmos f1Akshntt En.
ncrvt.irv in.nrstnr IL rHarar nj hridfnr m hring
asskcn tnn cansc nj the accident, saii that Tiers
wns t,r;er sysi1 n.ttiaiiy snnnoftinr tho t!nmo
wh1eh VA t,srErd snI II wa tbonEhf that Il hs,i
fcnn sctf.tnr To- .nms T mnnfba mi I'D csnsei a
dcGny i, H. ~. r.!in~ hninW. A. Inn trnss of
w. s,e ~ " tind ~ thosc .d1nin,ne hs, hem
naccd rIa si"'i IN N'' po.Iston to tppport L, liz
wns In n rnnrn alnnt half m hour beforc The accI.
dnn+ sn.l ali ina atrnfs had i,ren
ia va .ittnr H. III oiiea hc he hcafd Inc crush
nd thtnknrft wnS thr cniIin~ III I'm cnnrt- rnoyt
With hsi Saiicn. r,T, ncfoes Inc hnii. and
in"Eino A IN saw that tho reIiine
"A ws"A ..t.itnr ronldiy and crnrrtc1
tn scc Il fai ffo then rri m rtnira and itscoy.
r,rI I'M = .crt1.r of lin r;.of hsi fsfrn. iIc
ti,onott nnnn rxnsninntfon It wonid be- found thst
thstr rns IN y nnS. In tbn iran tru.s. "'
Edward ii. Doarhsfty, Gcacraf Foreman, wss
afso III oT,tniun tfst thcre NJ. inv In fhe trneg
aT0 ~ nit. Htascs GiecnJt camrt ronr, nnIr,-
,astt H. n.ins Ma. very hadjT eracEea' md Il ia
innnnt ~ III s vrsstsr 1att XII wil Inv" Ia r"
tstsS inwnI Nm. >'9 s'@-%e' ~" ''
f,o.tmn,tcn svarfr.tIon nm fhc lndtes al
pn,,;nsnn snI .fnhn.nn viii ia hid tn.f,6f,oy
~.s" ,snrntnr ~''@ "'''"' wee ~ '~
~ H. Tim. ..v.. IA ycnrrsontattxs of snn.r.
x;sfng. rrhitctt Mn,tst sscrihrt ihc ncsidsnt IN
fh. Fri t.t thn " trynnrriv nuf IN. that