SUICIDE OF ARCHITECT
RESCUE OPERATIONS BY SEARCHLIGHT PRAGUE, 10th October. Rescuers were working on the collapsed building all night with the aid of searchlights. It is feared that the death roll will be heavy. A well-dressed girl was crushed flat on the pavement beneath a massive concrete pillar and every bone was broken. The failure is attributed to inferior material. The architect committed suicide. TWENTY-ONE DEAD (Received 11th October, 1.40 p.m.) PRAGUE, 10th October. Twenty-one dead and thirty-six injured have alreadv been recovered from the collapsed building. Twenty-six are still missing. Some were rescued by means of tunnels dug out from neighbouring cellars. Thirty soldiers were injured in rescue operations.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19281011.2.72
Bibliographic details
Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 11 October 1928, Page 5
Word Count
110SUICIDE OF ARCHITECT Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 11 October 1928, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Nelson Evening Mail. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in