Asbestos for Roofs
"T'lic attention ol' the committee lia;? hu.cn drawn to the risks attend-, ant on the use of corrugated asbestos cement rooting.. Several accidents have occurred, locally (one of them being fatal) through men falling through the roof when the brittle sheeting has broken under their weight, 7 ' stated the report of the. housing and town planning commit-* tee of the Christchurch City Council. ''It is therefore recommended that the council agree to the adoption of a by-law providing that adequate safeguards, shall be taken either by means of 6in x V*i'n closeboarded sarking or wire netting being place,d over the purlins and under the asbestos or by such other means as the city engineer may from time to time approve." The report was adopted.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 41, 18 January 1944, Page 5
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127Asbestos for Roofs Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 41, 18 January 1944, Page 5
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