DEMOLISHING THE EXHIBITION.
vf Par Press Asociation.' Ohristchuijeh. August 6. . The demolition of the main Exhibition building is about complete. This afternoon one of the two big towers was pulled bodily over. The anchoring apparatus, -was remoted, and the heavy studs sawn, through' near the base. A steel, cable was passed around the tower ab«ut midway between the base and the top, and was slowly pulled in by a fjteam which. The tower fell along the lme intended with a tremetdous crash, and w«s shattered to pieces. When the timber has bf.en cleared away, the dome and the secrvnd tower will be pulled down.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 7 August 1907, Page 2
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104DEMOLISHING THE EXHIBITION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 7 August 1907, Page 2
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