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  2. NEW BUILDING COLLAPSES.

    With a deafening roar the fourth floor of an uncompleted six—storey concreto bolldlng collapsed In the city yesterday afternoon. Four men were dead when extricated from the wreckage, and three toro seriously Injured. ...

    Article : 1,432 words
  3. RESCUERS IN DANGER.

    When Mr. F.J. Davies, the architect, examined the structure, one of the first things he noticed was the imminent danger of the collapse oi the fourth floor ...

    Article : 575 words
  4. CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION.

    Concrete might be described as a coarse mortar, and for ordinary construction work it would usually consist of Portland cement, sand, and gravel, or other hard material ...

    Article : 487 words
  5. REMOVING THE WOUNDED.

    This view of Stewart street, takon from Franklin street, looking towards a'Beckett street, shows the ruined building on the loft, and the brldgo connecting the main building of the Drrtlsh-AustnilasLin Tobacco Company. In the foroBvound is one of the ambulances walting to take an injured work ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 60 words
  6. Workmen's Accounts.

    M. Brean, a labourer, said —' I canno understand how Aercbibald was caught ii the wreck. I was talking to him a few rnuutes before the accident in the fron ...

    Article : 132 words
  7. WHAT AN EYE-WITNESS SAW.

    Although a coherent account of what exactly happened before and daring the collapse was not obtaunablc from men employed on the building, a thrilling story ...

    Article : 356 words
  8. £50,000 STBUCTUBE.

    Constructed of reinforced concrete the building was being erected by Messrs. Cochram and Cooper contractors of Little Collins street, for the British Australasian ...

    Article : 135 words
  9. "Mixer's" Narrorw Escape.

    A heavy iron window frame which fell from the fourth story, gave F. Dodd, n labourer, who was mixing cement is Stew art street, a naming of the impending ...

    Article : 153 words
  10. Lord Mayor Shocked.

    Upon learning of the tragcdv tlie Lord Mayor (Councdlor W. Brunton) said—"I am very much shocked at the newB of the regretful accident. I desire to express my ...

    Article : 54 words
  11. Fire Brigade's Work.

    Commenting upon the work of the Fire Brigade, the deputy chief officer (Mr. J. T. Wilkins) said that a call was received at 20 minutes to 5 o clotlc, stating that several ...

    Article : 134 words
  12. REMOVAL OF BODIES.

    Pitiful scenes were witnessed when the bodies of tlie victims were brought to the ambulances. Lighted only by hurricane lamps and electric torches, the ambulance ...

    Article : 155 words
  13. PREVIOUS ACCIDENTS.

    Serious collapses in concrete buildings ore unusual Mr. J. Laing etvtl engineer, bud last night tliat ho hail only two records of similar accidents One ol ...

    Article : 105 words
  14. FROM A BUILDING OPPOSITE.

    The falling concrete presented a ternfying spectacle when seen from a building opposite to it in Stewart street, occupied by Hutchinson Pty. Ltd, mantle inturufac ...

    Article : 171 words
  15. Condition of Injured.

    At an early hour tins morning it was reported at the Melbourne Iloipital that there had hern little change in the condi tion of tie injured men ...

    Article : 30 words
  16. MARVELLOUS ESCAPES.

    William Oman, a whitewnsher of Oakleigh crescent, Ormond, was on the floor with the other six workers who were cither killed or senonsly injured. Oman was ...

    Article : 485 words
  17. WORK OF POLICE.

    Hie first members of the police force on the bcenc were Constables Mcintyre and Conway Thev were patrolling Swanston street about 50 yards from the building ...

    Article : 328 words
  18. Workmen Related.

    Several of the worlkmen engaged white washing the building were related. Mr. Gorge Mirahill liui his son and brother ulivy (Mr. Exlwird Fallaner) working at ...

    Article : 78 words
  19. BRITAIN'S FOOD.

    The 'Morning Post" states that the re port of Hie Food Cominusion, the draft of which was approved to-day, definitely recommends the creation of a food council ...

    Article : 185 words
  20. BUILDING INSPECTED.

    News of the disaster was conveyed to the city engineer (Mr H I. Morton) is soon as possible Mr. Morton at once tnsrtcd the building and mide in inspection of the ...

    Article : 334 words
  21. CAUSE OF COLLAPSE.

    "L. cannot account for the collapse", said the architect, Mr. F.J. Davies, of Queen street, last night, after he had made a preliminary survey of tlie WTeckcd building ...

    Article : 497 words
  22. FULL EXTENT OF WRECKAGE REVELED.

    Taken from the topmost point of the Stewart street frontage of the British-Australasian Tobacco Company s main building, this remarkable photograph shows the full extent of the wreckage. The wholo of the upper two stories of the company's seven story extension collapsed upon the ceding of the fifth floor. Great stabs of reinforced concreto havo swung outwards over the remaining walls, while high at the rev and side are the concreto moulds which wore carrying the building to completion. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 88 words
  23. American. Meat-packers.

    A decree ordering the "Big Five" meatpackers of Chieago to divest themselves of all their holdings outside the meat business was suspended to-day by the Supreme ...

    Article : 83 words
  24. ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN.

    The Navy department has announced the development of i 5m antiairciafl gun that will grcatlv exceed in range the he gun now used in naval vessels. The first ...

    Article : 154 words
  25. BOY'S SKULL FEACTURED.

    With a fractured skull a boy whose name is not known was admitted to the Alfred Hospital at 2 o'clock this,morning. THe boy, who was aged about 10 years, ...

    Article : 110 words
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