FALL OF TWO TONS OF STONE.
AT POST OFFICE-LADY'S ESCAPE. A block of Oamaru stone, weighing about two tons, fell from near the top of ■the new Post Qfliefc" building into Grey Street yesterday morning. Tho block was being hoisted by means of a crnno to the top of the building, and was some 70 feet from the ground, when, by some means, it slipped from the iron dogs, and,' in its fall, narrowly missed a lady who was pass-, ing. It fell close to the letter-box entrance, but, fortunately, at that time— about 8.30 a.m.—there were not' a great many people in tho vicinity. Tho stone, however, broke the aerial telephone cable, and struck tho roadway so heavily that it; broke a four-inch water main.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1171, 5 July 1911, Page 6
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126FALL OF TWO TONS OF STONE. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1171, 5 July 1911, Page 6
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