HUGE CRANE COLLAPSES
BREAKS UNDER STRAIN OF LOAD WORKMEN ESCAPE UNHURT From Our Own Correspondent DUNEDIN, Today. Workmen on the site of the new Dunedin post office had a narrow escape yesterday, when a large crane and pile-driving plant suddenly collapsed and crashed to the ground with a roar. The crane, which is operated by steam, was lifting a wooden staging weighing between four and five tons when the main stem timber, having a cross-section of 12 inches each way, snapped at its base, allowing the upper works and the load to topple sideways on to a stack of piles. The whole plant was badly damaged, so that it will be some days before it is in working order again.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 801, 23 October 1929, Page 18
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120HUGE CRANE COLLAPSES Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 801, 23 October 1929, Page 18
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