NOT SAFE ALOFT
3.45 P.M. EDITION
WORKMEN MEET DEATHS. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Received October 26, 1,25 p.m. LONDON, Oct. 25. Though 200,000 persons are killed and injured annually in street accidents in Britain, there is apparently no guarantee of safety aloft. William Ohatterton, aged 50, dropped 160 feet from the scaffolding surrounding Big Ben that had been erected for the purpose of repairing the tower.
Two Parisian workmen repairing a passenger lift in the upper storey of the Eiffel Tower decided to rest and entered a hut built in the structure. They lit a brazier and shut the door, and thus suffocated themselves. Their work mates discovered the bodies next morning, but could not bring them down until the repairs to the lift were completed.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 281, 26 October 1934, Page 2
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