Posted 10:50 pm Wednesday, August 29, 2012
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Post office back open after ceiling collapse
The Rusk Post Office is open for business after a ceiling collapse forced it to close its lobby earlier this week.
Postmaster Judy Wagner said the incident occurred about 1:45 p.m. Monday at the downtown building on West Fifth Street, which dates to the 1930s.
Mail continued to go out of the location Tuesday, but no one was allowed in the lobby, Ms. Wagner said.
Residents with post office boxes there were able to come around the back of the building to pick up their mail as long as they brought identification.
Postmaster Judy Wagner said the incident occurred about 1:45 p.m. Monday at the downtown building on West Fifth Street, which dates to the 1930s.
Mail continued to go out of the location Tuesday, but no one was allowed in the lobby, Ms. Wagner said.
Residents with post office boxes there were able to come around the back of the building to pick up their mail as long as they brought identification.
The collapse “is not slowing it up because mail comes from Jacksonville …” Ms. Wagner said Tuesday. “Businesses have been picking up all mail from the back and all banks have picked up their mail.”
Carriers were moved to Jacksonville.
Ms. Wagner said U.S. Po-stal Service maintenance helped with clean-up, and an engineer will look at the building at a later time. The exact cause of the ceiling collapse was unknown as of Tuesday morning.
Anyone with questions can call the post office at 903-683-4741.
Carriers were moved to Jacksonville.
Ms. Wagner said U.S. Po-stal Service maintenance helped with clean-up, and an engineer will look at the building at a later time. The exact cause of the ceiling collapse was unknown as of Tuesday morning.
Anyone with questions can call the post office at 903-683-4741.
