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MAN PINNED BY GIRDER HAS NARROW ESCAPE Reed. 12.20 p.m. MELBOURNE. Today. William Thomson, aged 29. had a remarkable escape from death when » girder slipped from a steel sling 100 feet up. He clung desperately to it. The girder caught in the framework of the building after falling 30 feet, and a second girder fell on Thomson, pinning him to the first. His mates levered the second girder from his body, and it crashed 70 feet below. * Thomson was taken to the hospital with an injured hip and suffering severe shock.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 874, 18 January 1930, Page 9
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93SUSPENDED ALOFT Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 874, 18 January 1930, Page 9
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