... COLLAPSE OF A SCAFFOLD. THREE MEN KILLED* An correspondent telegraphs At three o'clock yesterday afternoon three men were killed, and thrrs% (others injured, by the fall araffold Ayr Town Hall. The hall mas, in July last, destroyed by fire, and yesterday ...

... THE SCAFFOLDING ACCIDENT AT BILSTON. Yesterday, Mr. W. H. Phillips (coroner) held an adjourned the White Lion Inn, Millfields, on tho body of Richard Collcy (20), boiler-maker. Ward Street, Ettingshall, who was killed 20th fast, owing to tho fall of a ...

... FATAL SCAFFOLD ACCIDENT IN I - . LONDON. Between two and three o'clock yesterday afternoon a tearful accident happened at the shop of MIr. Peter Bobinson, Regent Street, London. The usual spring cleaning and painting are in progress, and a swing- boat ...

... KILLED HIS BIRTHDAY An inquest was held .m Seturdav. at Rugbv. Mr Wilmshumt the fill) (25», a mployed at the engineering works. Hugh*, who fell from on Thursday, and was in stantlv killed. The dereasisl was a native ~f k. and wan twenty five veer* the ...

... purpose some scaffolding had been erected. About half-past twelve o'clock the deceased, who was then working alone, carried some materials up the ladder, and got on the scaffolding, which gave way, and he was precipitated to the ground, being killed almost ...

... was only the oval part at the top to build. On Monday a new scaffold was built in the stove, very near to the top, allow of this part being constructed, and the arrangement of the scaffold was entrusted to Richard Colley (20), .Tibbet who was a striker ...

... stone- waller. of Wolverhainpton, whno was killed on Monday by falling from scaffolding at the St. Paul's Church. The evidence showed that the deceased man was seen to go ?? of a straight-edge- on the scaffolding on the north-west side of the chance], and ...

... Anstice: The bonnet had not boon straightened in any way. The scaffold broke through from the weight upon it. There were no marks on the scaffold of the boa. net having cut through the scaffold. Mr. Anstice said that the pit had been worked for up. wards ...

... Morgan (coroner), touching the death of the two men Brown and Wilson, who were killed at the Earl of Shrewsbury's colliery on Wednes- e day morning by the giving way of a scaffolding upon which they were at work. Mr. Scott (Government I inspector of mines) ...

... working upon the inside scaffolding. Witness was at work outside waiting upon them. Suddenly, while u]x>n the exterior scaffolding, heard a crash, and the inside scaffolding gave way. The four men fell with it. Witness's brother was killed almost instantly. ...

... the scaffolding.' They were all attended to, and carried off to the Hospital. We were not standing talking; we were all scattered in different parts of the scaffold, and I don't think a word was spoken by any of us after we got upon the scaffold. At the ...

... for wonder that the n 8 lnot all killed on the. spot. Had they aligliledo thlzt4 platform the probability is that this would hare bh; case, but having fallen among the rails, and several 1 il fragments of the scaffold being undernaathtlurdb certain extent ...