A REMARKABLE TOWER.
On all the loiinin^ toi\r>rs in the world, the." hilkrij? Ujav- r '' itCJairphiliy C&*tle, Glatnorg-iiii->liive ( is tin 1 most lemutk'ible. Though ouly about 77ti. m hciy:h.r, it is noltssth.m lift out of thfpt'uieihimitHr. It rest* on I) on pin oi iti- south side, and is held together \>y the f trench of the uenumt. Tlit> elle^r, <r» iiL-ti lo., kin.' .it it fiom tho mo.it undejnc.ith, ih .1 iim«t euraoiiAuiary one. Wli n the unfortunate lid ward II and hi«, favounto-t tho Spencers we c beMegcd in (Jni>erphilly (jahilu by i.'it QtiLL-ii und li.nons in lJ2'i, the dcfeliOf was long utid biavely cmiductcd, and tho nss'iilants wero particularly niumred by melted metal being poured upon thoin. Thib wan heated in furnaces in the toot of tliu b.iHtiou towers, and oifc'ier by aooident or de-iini the '.e-k'gers thi-evr w.itur upon thorn from th& inoa.t, cnuhing 1 n. violent expk)^l()n, which tore tho tower from ita ionnda* tiouH and hurled it into its present position. Tha welUkiiown Tower of Pi^a leanH Hit. in ISOtr-., or 1 in 12, whil« the towor of Caerphilly Castle has nnd iuuhuutiun of lft. in 9ft.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2146, 10 April 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)
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192A REMARKABLE TOWER. Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2146, 10 April 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)
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