COLLAPSE OF BRICK WALL
- VM SEVERAL PEOPLE BADLY; > INJURED, EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPES, -■& (Per Press Association.) PALMERSTON N., last night. 1 A startling occurrence took mace -j this afternoon. . , _. r ir'L Owing no douibt LG the brick w / jr . being soaked by cf,nniniuoius ram, large section of the front wml of building being erectocc in one of tb> ,4, principal business s ;reets, Luba at.. K ‘Several' tons of brickwork and .scaffolding fell, with a tremendous crash on to the street below. One man, Bert G ricil from the toj> of the building, a* distance of 35 feet, and had a tfogih. . ifiirokou and sustained other- injuries, .v A workman named Flanaghan was completely buried in the debris. His skull was fractured, anjcl he lies in. a X precarious condition. j Other persons were slightly, injured, and there wag some extrs-er-dinary escapes, ■ . k A workman ffamed Richards ro - y eeivod injuries to his head. The Misses' Brayslfaw and. Leslie, ~ of Bler.foeim, who were walking ua- g -derneath were knocked, down. former was taken to the h.ov-P! tal, , suffering from shock, hut is badly hurt. .. l:! -\
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1482, 16 June 1905, Page 2
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183COLLAPSE OF BRICK WALL Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1482, 16 June 1905, Page 2
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