\ feat has iust boon accomplished by a Yorkshire firm of steeplejacks, who have straightened a stone chimney 100 feet high, 'which was leaning -ft 9in. It threatened to collapse over a mill. A hole was made in the opposite side and 14 jacks, capable of bearing dUO tons were inserted. The stones below the ’lacks were then removed, and tno stack began gradually to right itself. The movement occupied five days Inc stack has now been reported plumb, and th« aperture will be built up. It Is stated that the feat has never been accomplished before hi th* °* a stone chimney. This one is 100 years old.
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Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14256, 6 January 1920, Page 5
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