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Domestic News
September 13, 1837
Republican Herald
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
What is this article about?
A scaffold collapsed at the new Catholic Church in Brooklyn, killing carpenter John Fisher instantly and severely injuring ten others, including broken bones for Duff and John Finn, with three expected to die.
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Distressing Accident.—About one o'clock this morning, a scaffold nearly forty feet high, in the new Catholic Church, at the corner of Court and Dean streets, Brooklyn, gave way, and precipitated to the floor of the church eleven carpenters who were working on it.—One of them, named John Fisher, was killed on the spot, his head being literally smashed to pieces. Another man, named Duff, had both his thighs broken—and another, named John Finn, had one of his legs broken. Five others were also very badly injured, and three of them so much so as to render it impossible that they can survive.
N. Y. J. Com. of Saturday.
N. Y. J. Com. of Saturday.
What sub-type of article is it?
Accident
Disaster
What keywords are associated?
Scaffold Collapse
Brooklyn Accident
Carpenters Injured
Catholic Church Construction
What entities or persons were involved?
John Fisher
Duff
John Finn
Where did it happen?
Brooklyn
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Brooklyn
Event Date
About One O'clock This Morning
Key Persons
John Fisher
Duff
John Finn
Outcome
john fisher killed on the spot with head smashed; duff with both thighs broken; john finn with one leg broken; five others badly injured, three unlikely to survive.
Event Details
A scaffold nearly forty feet high in the new Catholic Church at the corner of Court and Dean streets, Brooklyn, gave way, precipitating eleven carpenters to the floor.