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Town Hall Roof Falls in Barre

A heavy snow load collapsed the roof of the Barre town hall onto the second floor before dawn, in an accident residents said had been foretold by cracking timbers days earlier.

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Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 13, 1885 · Page 1

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The roof of the town hall in Barre fell in, about two o'clock on Wednesday morning, under the weight of snow upon it, with a crash which startled the sleeping villagers for some distance around.

The entire roof, which was nearly flat, gave way, with the exception of a small portion at one end, and fell through to the second floor. No damage was done to the first story, occupied by a store and the post office.

The man in charge of the building is much blamed, the snapping of an iron rod and settling of a roof timber having given a distinct intimation of the coming disaster.

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