EIFFEL TOWER TO GO
SCENE OF MANY DEATHS. UNSAFE THROUGH EROSION. DEMOLITION ORDERED. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received 1.15 p.m. to-day. PARIS, Jan. 10. The Eiffel Tower, the world’s highest structure, which during the 39 years of its existence has been the scene ot one hundred and eleven suicides, is doomed, as the Ministry of the Interior has announced that it must be demolished to prevent falling. Despite the expenditure ot £o.H*l annually for upkeep and painting, erosion is increasing steadily, and it would have fallen long ago had not workmen been kept continually, renewing bolts. Already it has passed its estimated lire span by nineteen years.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 11 January 1928, Page 11
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106EIFFEL TOWER TO GO Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 11 January 1928, Page 11
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