CHILD SAVES WORKMEN
STAGING ROPES CUT NEARLY A TRAGEDY (Special to THE SUN) CAMBRIDGE, To-day. A sharp-eyed little girl saved workmen from almost certain death when she noticed that ropes supporting staging upon which they were going to work, had been cut. When the workmen engaged in painting the high level bridge at Cambridge were preparing to commence work in the morning a little girl pointed out to them that both the thick ropes which hold the plank staging upon which they work many feet below' the bridge, were almost severed. It was quite obvious that the ropes, which are an inch thick, had been deliberately cut with a very sharp knife. Had either of the workmen attempted to descend the rope to the platform below to start work without knowledge of the ropes being almost severed, it would have meant death to them. It is said that this is the second occasion upon which the ropes have been cut. -Jr
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 394, 30 June 1928, Page 1
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161CHILD SAVES WORKMEN Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 394, 30 June 1928, Page 1
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