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NARROW ESCAPE OF A FLEETWOOD JOINER

... Liverpool, one of three men killed in the scaffold accident at the South Lancashire Tramway Company’s generating station, Howebridge, near Leigh, on the previous Friday. The jury prior to the Inquest inspected the scaffolding. Mr. T.m}c‘er., inspector of ...

Published: Saturday 20 September 1902
Newspaper: Blackpool Times
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 385 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

STEEPLEJACK KILLED!

... STEEPLEJACK KILLED! ~ On Monday morairg, during a prefiy high w_m;i. the scaffolding on which +wo steeplejacks were repairing a high chimper at Messrs. Cheebam and Hill’s Sun Foundrv, Derby, coilapsed, and they fell abont 50ft. One man. pamed Frank Diohbs ...

Published: Saturday 03 May 1902
Newspaper: Blackpool Times
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 63 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

ONE KILLED AND SIX INJURED. NARRATIVES

... ONE KILLED AND SIX INJURED. NARRATIVES A shocking accident, in which ape man killed and four others seriously ii. lured, occurred at the new Central Picture Pares, which I. being erected in Central. drive, Brekpool, on Wednesday afternoon. With little ...

Published: Friday 18 April 1913
Newspaper: Blackpool Gazette & Herald
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 469 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

TERRIBLE FATAL ACCIDENT YESTERDAY.A A FOUR YEAR OLD CHILD KILLED BY A CRANE

... Thureday evening. Mr. ‘Walmsley, along with some other men, was engaged in trying to lift an electric fan on to a scaffold, but owing to the scaffold oscillating, the men on the top were unable 'to hold the machinery, and part of the electrical equipment fell ...

Published: Wednesday 10 April 1901
Newspaper: Blackpool Times
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 366 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE SHOCKING FATALITY AT FLEETWOOD

... THE SHOCKING FATALITY AT FLEETWOOD. The inquiry into the circumstances Woading the death of Ralph Mason (34), who was killed by a shocking machinery socident at the United Alkali Compan's works, at Bourne Fleetwood, yesterday week, as folly corded in ...

Published: Friday 19 January 1894
Newspaper: Blackpool Gazette & Herald
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 457 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

INDIAN BURIAL CUSTOMS

... among many of the Indians of the plains was to place the bodies of their dead braves on lightly.built scaffolds in the open prairie. These scaffolds were generally high enough to he just out of reach of human hands, and beyond the devouring teeth of wolves ...

Published: Tuesday 08 January 1907
Newspaper: Blackpool Gazette & Herald
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 354 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

VISITORS' LIST

... the bin at the time deceased fell, but the scaffolding has now been altered so that a man cannot fall down. I had only been working there two days, but had heard several of the men complain that the scaffolding was not safe to work upon. Ido not know that ...

Published: Friday 31 March 1882
Newspaper: Blackpool Gazette & Herald
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1284 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

I transport idin decrease -4. PPen ger ' ;but. . thre fitotelf I, itte-8111, L' *oho&

... places, but as the men were engaged in hoisting one of the principals,ihe whole of the roof fell upon the scaffolding, two of the men ware killed, one of whom was superintending the ereotiOnt of the building and the other was a labourer. A third man was ...

Published: Friday 03 March 1876
Newspaper: Blackpool Gazette & Herald
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 418 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

TIIE TERRIBLE FURNACE ACCIDENT AT

... accident at the Hot Holes Furnaces of Mr. Alfred • Hickman, at Wolverhampton.. The evidence showed that the man Lewis, who was killed on the spot, was almost dismembered, and that as to the other three so terribly were they burnt and scalded that no hope of ...

Published: Friday 24 September 1875
Newspaper: Blackpool Gazette & Herald
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 273 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

PILLING

... visit to her uncle, Mr. Henry Dobson, farmer. She was playing in the barn, along with some other girls, and had got on a scaffold, when she fell off and broke both wrists. The unfortunate girl was attended to by Dr. Day, and is now progressing very favourably ...

Published: Friday 19 July 1889
Newspaper: Blackpool Gazette & Herald
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 224 | Page: 5 | Tags: none