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GIVING WAY or 4 FLoog.-This morning, Il
about quarter before : o'clock, the persons &c
siding Ia the neighbo:hood OF the corner of Cliff
aad john streets, were alarmed by a tremendous
crash in the store of Messrs. Stokes Gilbert X Co.
extensive Sheet Iron and Block-Tin Merchants
On opening the store the nature and ex'en, of
the mischief were ascertalned. On the third
oor near the stair case, facing Cliff, street, and
adjoining the store OF Mcssrs, Gilbert & Son, a
quantity of Sheet-Iron supposed to be about forty
tons, had been piled without any doubt OF the floor
being able to sustain such an ordinary weight. 1t
seems however that trimmer beam had been
used instead Of girder,' in the construction of
the building; and It was inadequate to support
the weight resting upon II. The solid mass was
thus prccipitatcd upon Tie second aoor. which for
few moments sustained the shock. the beams
1t tas floor then yielded with iearfni cash and
the contents OF the two isors fell through the fist
INTO the cellar.


Fortunately this accident occurred before busi.
ness hours, or it probably would have been
tended with serious loss Of lie. j is & slngnisr
circumstance thai Mr.. Stokes. of the firm of
: G.. & Co. was engaged with Messrs. Phelps x
feck, the ial Of whose warehouse in 1882 occa-
stoned so melancholy a loss OF lie, NJ >tukes's
5.other beng one Of the killed 1t is supposed
tha, the damage to the building is about $500


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