A real sword of flame has been used to save a man’s life. A workman in a toffee factor)’ at Bootle was imprisoned between the roof and a huge bar of iron connected with the lift. It was impossible to release him except by cutting through the iron bar, so an expert in oxy-acetylene cutting was sent for. The trapped man was covered with sacking to protect him from the sparks, and the expert applied his flame to the iron angle and cut through it in a few seconds, and the man was
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18992, 11 February 1930, Page 1
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93Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 Star (Christchurch), Issue 18992, 11 February 1930, Page 1
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