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BURNLEY

... weaving shed, Burnley Wood. A new end is being erected, aud eight men were on a scaffold, and bad just raised apon it a heavy coping atone, when the beam supporting the scaffold, gave way. All the men were precipitated from the third story to the ground, ...

Published: Saturday 09 May 1857
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 613 | Page: 8 | Tags: News 

WIGAN

... of the rope, which broke, and the scaffold a'dthe twom 17fell 'to the bottom. The underlooker, James Yates, bad a most providential escape. Only se- veral moemqnteftiqfore the brickwork gave-way lie was on the scaffold ?? the two workmea, and when the ...

Published: Saturday 29 July 1865
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 821 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

SECOND EDITION

... but efforts will be made to meet as far as possible the wishes of those desiring to approaob the Prince. FALL O' SCAFFOLDING. -The scaffolding at Carlisle Pier, Kingstown, where a number of painters were em. ployed painting a shed at the place where the ...

Published: Saturday 28 March 1885
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 505 | Page: 8 | Tags: News 

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES

... an unsound i state, and have not taken any efficient steps to ensure their permanent stability. I- . __ __ i .TIE RECENT SCAFFOLD SCENE.-STATE- MIENT OF THhE 4oI PLAIN. The Liverpool Correspondent of the Press As- )seciationsays, with reference tothe ...

Published: Saturday 08 December 1883
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 934 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

FLEETWOOD

... there were eight yards of water In It. While standing on a scaffold, about four yards from the top of the shaft, and assisting in the removal of ensue pump stocks, one of the supports of the scaffold broke at a knot in the wood, and Burton was preolpitated ...

Published: Saturday 14 November 1857
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1054 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

BLACKBURN DISTRICT

... years, a drawer in the Town o'c House Coal Minc..Marsden, who was killed in the shaft teo l on Wednesday, under the following circumstances :-The Cll l deceas'el was waiting on a' scaffolding on a level with an thi upper working wrhile a buket Cilled with ...

Published: Saturday 16 September 1848
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1535 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

Borrowed Cristies

... example. ,Look out, up dare, how you trow brick-guess vou want to kill dis Bigger, said a lusty black hod oarrier the other day, when a large brick foll from a two-sitorey scaffold upon his head and broke in two pieces w thout any farther ?? papery ...

Published: Wednesday 05 March 1862
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 572 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

WIGAN DISTRICT

... not yet been able to ascertain, but it is painful to relate that four were killed, and two others severely burned. Three of the unfortunate beings were standing on a scaffold at the time the explosion took place, and were blown up the pit eye for a c ...

Published: Saturday 16 February 1850
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2126 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

DARWEN

... the kind of stone he wanted, and threw it down with some force upon the scaffolding. The result was that the p utlook upon which it was resting snapped, the whole of the scaffolding fell, and deceased was precipitated to the bottom of the building-a distance ...

Published: Saturday 12 December 1863
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1324 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

ROSSENDALE

... labourer, aged forty-two years, who was killed by a fall from a mill, now in the course of erection at Lumb. The deceased (as was stated in last week's Chronicle) had wheeled some stone in a barrow up a plank, to a scaffold, and was re- turning with the empty ...

Published: Saturday 14 August 1852
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 629 | Page: 8 | Tags: News 

Corromed Crifle

... -obliged -to-keep his woid when -hobol4ywill1 take it. .Many writers profess to teach people how to live. Culprits on the scaffold woul4 like to learm ?? Laura, when we were courting you were very dear to me ; but now you're my wife, and lam paying your ...

Published: Saturday 22 September 1860
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 470 | Page: 7 | Tags: News