The blue lights which make the towers of 4QG, Brisbane, so conspicious by night s{ttimes require a certain amount of attention. Rewently some of the lights burned out, and the chief engineer, Mr. If. W. Stevens, climbed tu» the top of the towers to replace thei. He took the old Jamps out and while putting in new ones, a globe slipped ont of his hand, and crashed to the roof of the building 100 feet below. Mr. Stevens, descending from the tower head, walked across the roof to pick up tliepieces, Imagine his surprise when he found the lamp lying quite intact on the concrete roof. It had struck the roof with the base, and beyend a slight dent in the metal portion, was quite unharmed,
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Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 34, 9 March 1928, Page 14
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