Tragic loss of life as collapse of trench during excavation for new lock

Identifier

305-6124-424

Title

Tragic loss of life as collapse of trench during excavation for new lock

Description

Collapse of trench during excavation for new lock - "Forty men were killed outright when the new dock entrance in Newport, South Wales, caved in. One man wasn't supposed to be there at all: he'd dropped his measuring rule and gone down to find it. Another man and a boy lay alive alongside a corpse all day and night. The timbers gave way and killed them both just as they were about to be saved."

Type

item

Format

.jpg

Date

1909

Contributor

ABP Newport

Rights

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Publisher

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Source

ABP Archive

Original Format

1 photo

Digital File

yes

Storage Location

GlamArchives