WOMAN KILLED, TWENTY INJURED IN CATHEDRAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14937, 16 June 1919, Page 9

WOMAN KILLED, TWENTY INJURED IN CATHEDRAL.

TRENTON, N.J., May 4. — One woman was crushed to death, .30 others were injured, six badly, and a small panic followed shortly before 4 o'clock '. this afternoon when a ventilator windowand sash fell 75 feet from the roof of St. Mary's Cathedral. There were 1500 women m the church, and the closing, service of a mission of the Vincentian Fathers of Gtomantown was about to begin when the accident happe^d. The window weighed from 300 to 400 pounds. It came down without any warning and landed across several pews, shattering them and pin- , ning I"he_ occupants beneath. Immediately there was a rush of iwomen to the streets, while the ushers tried to calm ; those who remained. Piiemen from headquarters, a block away, took charge of the work of reF.oae. From under the debris of the wrecked pews they took the body of Miss Mary Kennedy, of No. 135 Chaunc^y street. Her neck was broken and her skull was fractured. She had died instantly. Six others from surroundijng pews were next taken out. Others went through the aisles 'and with the aid of the ushers succeeded m quieting the excited women and marched them single file from the edifice. The slightly ineem*enmmmmm<Mmrm h* iwmnm em , aektwo*vmit+*ir*mivu>++**:i*^*>*u **•,-. ,.