FALL DOWN CHIMNEY
BOY PLAYING AT SANTA CLAUS NARROW ESCAPE FROM SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES (By Telegraph—Pi-ess Association) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. To fall down a chimney while playing at Santa Claus and escape with only bruises and a thick covering of soot was the experience yesterday of Jack Beccousall, an eight-year-old hoy who lives at Sullivan Avenue. The boy climbed on to the roof and stepped into the chimney. lie raised his hands, slipped and fell to the bottom of the chimney, where the fall was broken by the daught plate, which was closed. If it had not been for this plate it is probable bis injuries would have been more serious. A sister of the boy rail to a neighbour’s place for assistance, and soon there were about 10 men endeavouring to free the child. It was found impossible to get him out, however, until the whole fireplace had been taken out.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19360129.2.45
Bibliographic details
Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIX, 29 January 1936, Page 6
Word Count
151FALL DOWN CHIMNEY Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIX, 29 January 1936, Page 6
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.