Coroner's Inquest.
On Saturday evening an inquest waS held at St. Bartholomew've Hospital, on the bodies of Thomas Trilaur and Thomas Donnellv, two of the unfortunate persons who were killed by the falling of pari o- a building ir, West-street, Smithfield. Joseph Boilast deposed, that about half-past five o'clock on Frli Jay afternoon the mnen wvere employed in raiting sorne timbers on a newly-erected baildiRg. Donnelly was a bTicklayer's labourer, and Trilaur a carpenter. The deceasod persona were employed in get- ting up the walls, and preparing the floors-the building was about 30 feet high. The tie-beat-is gave way suddenly; and the wallo CeU'in upon the persons at workl. 'itness waS on a scaffold at the time; had considered it dangerous for the last two or three days; the ipper part of the wall overhung the foundation two or three inches, mentioned it to Mr. Ga21owav's foceman. who isnow lying at the hs,pitaml ; there was a surveyOr employed on the Fremises. After the acctdent, witness and somze other persons enoearoured to rescue the meta who were buried under the ruins-he removed the two deceased persons from under the ruins, but they were quite l.aod. The girders weiglied, he believed, about 26 cwt.; the waitr were two bricks thick above ground, and five at the foundation. Thomas Burrell sAw the accident, an3 assisted in conveving the decessed p-rsons to the hospital. There xvere several others hurt. P,;G3l1loway, jun., said; that in his opinion tle cause of the acci- dent was, that in hoisting some planks, one of the preparatory stays for the roof was struck, which caused the walls above the floer to fill upon the girders; and thes;e, having their boards on, received tha shock, and made the building lurch, owing to their being cavcred: four o.her girders, hav-ng the same w eight fall through thern,tdid not receive an- minury,end are now; standing in a perfect state. His father is a particularly cautious man, and had he thought there was any danBger, w ouldtave guiarded against it. Witncss and his father were on the premises five minutes before the accident. Every exertion was made to rescue the unfobrtunate 8ufferers; anlhis father 'wat anxious to render them all the assistance in hit power. Win. Brodrip a surgeon described ttte nature of the iniurit tbe deceaeed receivea. One of *he wounded persons then in tlie hospital was not out of danger. The jury then returmcd a verdict of Accidental ce4arL rORONVEH'x INQUEST. AC(,(IDF,N'T AT NIR. GAI.LOW'AV'.q.