UNHURT AFTER 60FT FALL
VVHILE working on the new Post Office building at Newcastle pn Tyne, a man—J. Morgan—fell 60ft down a narrow lift shaft, and was not'seriously hurt. Fortunately, the lift was at the top, and there was a depth of 4ft of water at the bottom. The shaft is only just wide enough to permit the passage of a • matt s body. Morgan missed several obstructions protruding from the sides and also a mass of foundation masonry rising out of the water. His wrist was sprained.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 March 1935, Page 12
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88UNHURT AFTER 60FT FALL Taranaki Daily News, 13 March 1935, Page 12
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