Steeplejack Falls 100 Feet From Chimney
ESCAPES WITH BROKEN LEGS United Press Association.—By Electric Tolegraph.—Copyright. Received Thursday, 1.45 a.m. LONDON, Aug. 12. A steeplejack, Percy Gale, fell 100 feet from the chimney stack of the Banstead hospital and crashed through tho roof. He slid down a coal heap and landed on the floor of the boilerhouse, miraculously escaping with fractures of both legs.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6626, 13 August 1931, Page 7
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