A HEAVY SQUALL.
MJI&PSE OF A BUILDING. j TWO MEN KILLED* j 'DISASTER AT GEE&ON®. j Received April 14, S.SOi&.in. !J MELBOURNE, Aprt!H ; 4. '•] 'During a heavy sqwtM aiMge'two-j Storied fr ..je building iin course ef| '■construction for the <oriiertt*tl Timberf, ; Company at Geelowg cdJlapaed. Fourteen of the 'thirsty men env-, ployed on the buit&ng, <*fe3 majority of whom were wMtfcing «fei the'WJ&f, were injured. Two of the men, 'named (Sleenon i and Nicholson, dSed tfrwm their' injuries. Ten others wareitaken t& the | hospital. Three of *he cases <are*s3ri- , ous. j Just prior to the <cdllapse ther&ore-- '< man decided that it was too danger-) ous to continue woft, owing ;.to high wind, and ordered the smen (0.cease. They were«3ngagediin mak,ing everything seciase-whenttihe eras h came. A number of men on the/groui jd floor had a miraculous escape. T! ae toppling structure "was blown rig ht over them, without any <o'f ithem being injured. Much difficulty was experienced In rescuing the injured, -who we re jammed among tfee debris.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3164, 15 April 1909, Page 5
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168A HEAVY SQUALL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3164, 15 April 1909, Page 5
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