WORKMAN'S PLUCK
MISHAP ON WIRELESS MAST 500 FEET CLIMB WITH TORN HAND. Remarkable fortitude was shown by Mr W. Jackson, a mast rigger, lately when he suffered a serious injury to his hand while working at the top of a 500 ft mast in course of erection at the new wireless Scottish regional station at Falkirk, Stirlingshire. The last section of the mast had been mounted, and Mr Jackson was balanced on the top, holding on by his hands, when a halyard began to run, and one of his hands was caught by the cord. Two of his fingers were torn off and another was badly lacerated. When the cord stopped running Mr Jackson wrenched his injured hand free and climbed down the lattice work of the mast until he came to the ladders 50ft below. Then assistance ho clambered down the remaining 450 ft to the ground, walked to the nearest hospital, and had the lacerated finger amputated, declining an anaesthetic. After the operation he walked home.
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Evening Star, Issue 20994, 7 January 1932, Page 7
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168WORKMAN'S PLUCK Evening Star, Issue 20994, 7 January 1932, Page 7
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