THE EXHIBITION BUILDING.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1775, 14 March 1906, Page 18

THE EXHIBITION BUILDING.

CHRISTCHTTRCH, March 9

A gale this morning completely demolished one of the two towers of the Exhibition building flanking tbe main entrance. The towers had reached a height of over a hundred feet, but were in skeleton form, and consequently at their weakest stage. No men were employed on the construction of the towers today owing to the high wind. The authorities state that the accident does not necessarily indicate any structural weakness in the building. The Building Committee of the Exhibition met and viewed the damage, and decided to take no steps until the arrival of the architect, Mr J. 0. Maddison, who is expected to leave Wellington for Christchurch to-night. One of the Commissioners states that the mishap will not cause any delay in opening the Exhibition. The amount of damage done is not nearly so much as when part of the mlain building was wreoked recently, as the cost of one of the towers complete is only about £SOO or £6OO.