LINSEED SILO BURSTS.
(BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION COPTHIOHT.) (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) 1 SYDNEY, April 26. A linseed silo, about 75 feet high, at Meggitts-' linseed oil mills, Parramatta, collapsed and caused damage estimated at £IO,OOO. The .weight of the* linseed burst a wall, the debris bringing "down with it a huge chimney. The mass of linseed and the chimney fell with a deafening crash upon the boiler and refining building,, all of which were razed to the ground. A score of employees were working in the mill alongside the silo: Fortunately one man saw the wall crack and warned his mates, all of whom made a quick escape.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18058, 28 April 1924, Page 10
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