MAROONED ON LEDGE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22166, 20 July 1935, Page 14

MAROONED ON LEDGE

MAN OUTSIDE BUILDING

INCIDENT IN CITY ♦ CONSTABLE TO THE RESCUE Unable to return into the building or to summon assistance, a tenant of the A.M.P. Building in Queen Street. Mr. Stanley Ash, was forced to spend nearly an hour last night on a narrow ledge five storeys above the street. When finally he was able to attract attention, a large crowd gathered until a police constable was able to rescue him-

"I had been working late at the office, and shortly after eight o'clock thought I would clean the outside of one of my windows," Mr. Ash said. "I had not been out on the ledge for long when the wind blew the window shut, and a patent catch locked it. There was no one in any of the other offices on my floor, unfortunately, but I made my way along the ledge until 1 found an office in which the fanlight was open.

"For about half an hour I angled with the blind cord until at last 1 got a loop around the catch on the main window," Mr. Ash added, "but just as I thought everything was right, the cord snapped."

Mr. Ash tried to attract attention from the street, but could not make himself heard above the noise of traffic. It was not until shortly after nine o'clock that his whistles and shouts were heard and a crowd collected. Finally a constable was summoned. He made his way to Mr. Ash's room, the door of which had fortunately not been locked, and yvithin a few minutes the crowd, which had wondered what kind of a drama was being enacted, saw the window opened and the mysterious figure assisted inside.