New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-19
FALL FROM ROOF FATAL
Brooklyn Schoolgirl Killed by
Tumble Down Airshaft.
COMET GAZING WITH PARTY
Another Young Woman in Will
iamsburg Falls from Roof, but
Is Only Slightly Bruised.

While watching for the appearance of
the comet last night, shortly after IL
o'clock Miss Amy Hopkins, the fifteen
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James Hopkins. of No. Is Glenada Place.
Brooklyn, fell from the roof of the four
story house at No. 10 Glenada Place, di-
rectIy across the street from her home.
and was instantly killed, her neck being
broken
The girl. with party of eight girls Of
her own age, and seven young men, all
from the Brooklyn high schools, had
gone to the home of a friend at the
house where the accident occurred. 1t
was the intention of the young people to
watch the approach of the comet, and
they spent the half hour before its
scheduled appearance making merry on
the roof
In the middle of the roof is a large
skylight. which rises above the level for
about two feet and is unprotected by
railing or fence The skylight covers
the top of courtyard which divides the
fathouse into two sections. When the
ers had been keeping lookout for 1t.
they grew weary Of the wait and strolled
about on different parts of the roof Miss
HOPKINS was with another girl, and as
they walked beside the skylight she said
she would sit down on the glass pro-
lection, as she was tired
When warned by her friend Miss Hop
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glass gave way with a crash, and the
girl plunged down head first into the
darkness of the courtyard.
Her friends screamed and ran to the
edge of the skyIight just in time to hear
the sound of the girls body striking the
ground below. They all rushed to the
street, and managed to make their way
through the basement door to the yard
of the court
People in the house had been startled
bv the sound of the girls cries as she
fell and the sound of the breaking glass.
and they all descended TO the court. The
crowd of persons about the house at
tracted the attention of the girls pa
rents. who we're on their own roof at
the same time Mrs. Hopkins became
uneasy when she saw the crowd about
the house where she knew her daughter
was visiting, and fastened across the
street with her husband.
They arrived at the house just in time
to see the lifeless body OF their child
being carried through a window TO the
waiting ambulance from st. Johns Hos
pitaI. which had been summoned. The
mother swooned and had to be attended
by DR. Griffin, the ambulance surgeon.
While attempting to cross to the roof
adjoining her home, No. 81 North 9th
street, Williamsburg, last night, Miss
Annie Esness lost her footing and fell
three stories to the pavement A num-
Der of persons, including her parents,
were on the roof at the time. looking for
the comet. Annie, thinking she could
get better view on the roof of No. 50.
started TO cross, when she fell.
Dr. Lebevoci. of the Eastern District
Hospital who was called. found that the
girl had received Commissions and
abrasions about the body. When she
regained consciousness she looked up at
her mother. who was standing beside
her bed, and said:
Mother. that comet wasn't a lucky
star for me-"