A 12ft brick wall on the old Miramar gasworks site toppled yesterday, wrecking six parked cars and damaging two other cars. The cars belonged to employees of the factory of Taubmans Products, Ltd, nearby. The air smelt strongly of petrol, and the Are brigade was called. A bulldozer clearing a nearby site is thought to have nudged some rubble against the wall, causing it to collapse. The photograph shows Mr C. Jackson, of Miramar, standing beside his wrecked car.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32879, 30 March 1972, Page 2
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79A 12ft brick wall on the old Miramar gasworks site toppled yesterday, wrecking six parked cars and damaging two other cars. The cars belonged to employees of the factory of Taubmans Products, Ltd, nearby. The air smelt strongly of petrol, and the Are brigade was called. A bulldozer clearing a nearby site is thought to have nudged some rubble against the wall, causing it to collapse. The photograph shows Mr C. Jackson, of Miramar, standing beside his wrecked car. Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32879, 30 March 1972, Page 2
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