DANGERS OF A CAISSON.
—. ,»V' ; '■••'"-' '■■•"•■ FIVE MEN DROWNED. BY TELEGRiTO—PKEB3' ASSOCiATIOX^COrTRTGHT (Rec. Dec. 25, 10.25 a.m.) Paris, December 24. " An inrush of compressed air through a partition 'in a caisson . (water-tight box ;or casing), in a river tunnel, which was being constructed in connection with the Paris Metropolitan Railway, hurled some workmen into the cavity under the wall. Five were drowned. ' ~ ]
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 78, 26 December 1907, Page 5
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