European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Poge 18 the stars and stripes saturday August 19, 1978 new York the rain ran Down the puffed charred Timber that once held up the building roof and then soaked into the his of debris under the Wood causing the smell of the place to heighten rather than be washed away. The Street sat the odor of a thousand cellars that had just been thrown firemen had died Here recently. And the longer you remained the sidewalk themore grotesque the wreckage became the More disturbing the had a fire there about 10 Days ago a Man said. Next to the men s room inthe Mezzanine. There was a portable closet with dirty aprons and things like that. The fire was the base of the closet. The people work ing the store discovered it and extinguished it another Man holding umbrella said "1know of another one myself. The Friday be fore labor Day last year. I just got Down from Saratoga. the Back there along the rear Wall that s where they had the meats oneside and the milk and Dairy products the other. They had these three is gallon drum by the milk. Trash fires started i All three of pm. I remember they put a Security guard Back there by the Drums after a Man civilian clothes and showing a fire marshal s badge began to talk to the one with a Tombrella. I went away fighting the vision Lynne disturbed person lighting Smalt fires Dili one of them became too big. The Wake for William o Connor was being held Duffy s funeral Home South Brook. O Connor was 29 and he was the one who a the roof of the burning to his wife and the three kids the i Streel. And then died when the roof caved to get to Duffy s you drove Down seventh Avenue where Young girls eagerly pushing womanhood sat the window ledges of Sec and third floor apartments and called ,.n to boys swaggering the dirty Side . front of the Board of health s child care i Mitlon 16th Street a huge Man under i Wirt. Fat billowing sat a chair. His dog of angry husky was leached to the Light the Leash was Long enough to allow the dog to make a pass at anybody who went by. ninth Street or. Martin tuxedos the i ground floor and the two apartments Over were gutted by fire. At the Bottom of the Hill stood old Catho fort the Tan paint peeling from the bricks. Woman said this is fourth Avenue . There s two St. Thomases around i,ymsee." the Duffy funeral Home was alongside Church. Inside a urge silent room Louise o Connor stood front of the closed casket other husband. Her father Law pain was a step away hop Carey stood with Hope god knows what he s doing. O Connor sat this is the most a doubt wonder that most people the diocese of Brooklyn Ever raise Carey hands clasped front of him was silent. No one else answered o Connor either. the religion they All Learned there is Only one answer to a question like this a. How Dowe know this is to be so a. Because it is a three children will keep you Busy. Carey said to Louise o should know that better than you she o Connor s Uncle. Bob Regula sat along one of be Walls. Only the other Day we were changing radios our cars and Bill heard somebody Yelling for the police. The though they had a burglar or something and Biu grabs a screwdriver and starts running."1 say Whit Good s that?1 and he says. This to All i need now look at what we kid Billy the 6-year-old, came up to me before. He says. Uncle Sandy you know my father died he does t know what it Shook his head. And they were going to Breezy Point when it Point is not a fashionable vacation spot. It is at the Brooklyn end of the Rocka ways. A Colony of Smalt bungalows that Are nerve racking when filled with children Rainy Day. But it is the place where cops and firemen go and when you mentioned Breezy Point at William o Connor s Wake you were speaking of their Hampton. Bill o Connor s Uncle Phil Ruvolo who is new study May link abortions miscarriages albany.y. A researchers say they do not know if there s a direct cause and effect relationship but a new study says women who have had abortions tend to have More miscarriages and other problems subsequent pregnancies. The study funded by the National institutes of health and conducted part by the state health department compared the experiences of More than 65.000 women new York and Hawaii. Also a fireman went outside for a ?"hewasasked. At the be said. I m a 9-6 when the Box came . We responded and when i got there i went to Guys i knew and said.?where s Angel that s the name Bill. A Guy said to me. He was the Roo when it went i said what part the Guy said Center i went . I could t find any thing. 1 came Back out and called the father and told him to come saw Louise and she said to me Uncle Phil Billy s missing i said i know Honey i m looking for him i went Back and could t find any Hong. I came out and the father was standing there and he saw my eyes and he knew. I told him there s no stared at the sidewalk and then went Back inside. To the curb pulled a fire truck with a Seal the front saying Tot finder and under it a picture of a fireman carrying Achild out of flames. The fireman Short sleeve shirts one of them with a radio Over his shoulder walked inside to a room that was becoming crowded but was still men stood and the women fingering purses or bracelets or sweaters but always fingering something sat folding Chain. There were no smiles and nobody told looked at and then tried not to look at the Young widow who kept standing i front of this closed coffin with american Flag dragged Over it. And a fireman s hat sitting top the Flag. It was a Wake for Irish kid from Brook Lyn but u was no different from what grieving human beings do anywhere. There is no laughter and there never was at Irish Wake. It s a fable without foundation. For the Irish the same As anybody else a Wake is exercise misery not hate this place Tommy Gates the fire Man said. The last time i was Here was when Hughie Mccabe got killed Vietnam. I came Here at lunchtime and the place was empty. I signed my name and got right the faces the room became straight Rand More solemn. They All seemed to imitate the two firemen White gloves who were standing alongside the coffin As Honor went downstairs to smoke. The sound of people exhaling rubbed the nerves nobody spoke. Upstairs at the front door Louise o Connor was talking to a Young Guy at the reception desk. He went to the desk and brought out a bottle of aspirin. He handed Hera couple and she walked to the water cooler. C ttmcmugotrlfttm.v. 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