AN ALARMING ACCIDENT.
,■ ■" ■ (BT. TELEGBArn.—6I'ECIAI| COKEESroNDENT.) i ' , Clirlstohurch, May 8. The. temporary bar erected-at tho scene &%L^: fir ?.m ; ,the White Hart Hotel in High 'S|rect was. closed last evening some M ln e' pcfpre the statutory hour owing to an accident 'that- wreckod the bar. Dunne the evening...half a. gale had blown from "the ,nprt)wvest,, and , the . wind; blew with groat violence through the Skeleton, walls of the iiotel; ;.■■•' A few minutes beforo 8.30 pm a huge bcaiii, about SO feet long, and 12 inciies by ,12 inches, crashed through tho roof having fallen apparently from tho scaffolding or supports of tho standing walk. There were two men and tho barman in the bar They were .not injured, and made their escape as quickly as possible. ■
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 193, 9 May 1908, Page 5
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127AN ALARMING ACCIDENT. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 193, 9 May 1908, Page 5
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