SIXTY-FOOT LEAP.
Presence of mind saved a Glasgow steeplejack from death when a gust of wind caught a plank, which' he was lowering from the top of a sixty-foot chimney, and spun it, causing' it to sway. He realised he was losing his balance and decided to jump. He fell 45 feet, landing on a concrete roof. Both his legs were fractured, John Royle, another steeplejack, fell from a ninety-foot chimney stack at Sligo, and was killed.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3599, 3 April 1924, Page 7
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77SIXTY-FOOT LEAP. Manawatu Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3599, 3 April 1924, Page 7
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