The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-02-08
GIRL KILLED
BY BRICKS
Which Fell to Sidewalk From
B. TOnaSi Block COrlice
TWO MORE BARELYESCAPE
Miss Irene Farrar Had Skull Crushed il
BY Terrific BLOW Last Night, Dy-
ing This Morning at the
City Hospital.

City Hospital.
Twenty feet Of tho brick corniee or
THE top Of the lour.story B. Tomasi block
al the corner 81 North Main and Semi
nary streets fell 10 the sidewalk shortly
after o'clock last evening, fatally in
luring one gill and narrowly missing two
other girls who were with her. Miss
Irene Farar aged "A years, was struck
On the top Of the head BY the falling
bricks, and her skull was crushed, caus.
ing her death At ten minutes To four
O'clock this morning AZ the City hospital,
where she was taken after the accident.
Miss Farrar was tha daughter Of Mrs.
Nellie FurfsF, who Is employed as cook
at the Northern clearinghouse. and the
1.-TWO girls who were with her when the
accident happened were Miss Pearl Stone,
who resides at ths Northern, and Miss
Lottie Glib, who Is also employed at
tho same place. The three girls had
iust left the house, which is the next
building to the south of the Tomasi
bloek.to SO up street, and IS they were
passing tha block the mass Of bricks
from the top Of the building, without
any warning, came crashing down upon
them.
The three girls were walking rapidly
and Il nearly single hle, with The Stone
eigl ahead and Che FaTrar girl ii the
rear. The latter girl was ga The outside
of the walk. where the most Of the
bricks fell, and she was struck On the
head By two bricks, crushing her skull
ii two places.
The bricks fell all around the other
two girls, but the fact that they were
walking nearer the building Is what
saved Them from injury though pieces
q the bricks struck Miss Gibbs dress
and tore several heies "a The skirt AMI
tbe sleeve 81 her coat; but none oE the
bricks struck her SO that she was IN
inFea
AAss Farrar instantly fell 10 tie walk!
partially buried IN tie pile 81 bricks A
lsrae Fawd WIS quickly attracted q the
h e Aea s. the fafisn4 hzieAs
and he Screams of the sifls People
living ID ihe block and near there said
thai their FIRST thought Waa Of en- earth
quake when the crash and tie iar 81
several hundred pounds 0f bricks striking
tie walk came
Tile first people on the scene quickly
carried the injured eirl into j. +, sans
gninetti's store iu the building and Drs
F. G Ghidelia, F + Stephenson and
W y. Reid were called Finding That
TIE girls skull was crushed they at
once ordered her taken % the hospital,
and B. vi. Hooker q oomrang's am-
bulanae was called on further exam
nation at The hospital. tbs physicians
found that hef condition was critical,
and the only hope 10 save her life was
an operation to remove the bones which
had beer crushed down into the brain.
Az To O'Clock the operation was per
formed. and Il was found that the brain
had been % badly injured chat IT oozed
cut 81 tho two holes i'll her skull. and ii
was not possible for her IA live a few
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