TOWER FALLS ON HOSPITAL
(N.Z Press Association—Copyright) MAIDSTONE, Dec I. The body of Theodore Sheppard, one of six men who were trapped when an 80ft tower crashed on to hospital buildings near Maidstone on Friday, was recovered late today. Sheppard was the printer at Oakwood Mental Hospital. The other five who lost their lives were three firemen, a male nurse at the hospital, and a Polish patient. A total of 345 patients were evacuated to other wards, and about 130 are being transferred to other hospitals because of the accident. The hospital medical superintendent (Dr. Gordon McLaren) said tonight: “There has been
great anxiety throughout the world about the safety of patients and I have had telegrams from relatives from as far away -if New Zealand and South Africa
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Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28450, 3 December 1957, Page 23
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