A SWORD OF FLAME
A real sword of flame was used the cither day to save a man's life. A workman in a toffee factory at Bootle was imprisoned between the roof and a huge bar of iron connected with the lift. It was impossible to release him except by cutting through the iron bar. so an expert in oxyacetylene (rutting was sent for. The trapped man was covered with sacking to protect him from the sparks, and the expert applied his flame to the iron angle and cut through it in a few seconds, and the man was saved.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 883, 29 January 1930, Page 6
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100A SWORD OF FLAME Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 883, 29 January 1930, Page 6
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