>From The Canberra Times, 4 July 1928 -- BEAM SNAPS Three Workmen Fall TWO KILLED -- SYDNEY, Tuesday When a beam, supporting a scaffolding plant at the Australian Gaslight Company's new gasometers at Alexandria, snapped this morning, three men were hurled 22ft. to the concrete floor below. Edward Garden, 51, boilermaker, was killed outright, and William Clark, 31, boilermaker, died in hospital. William Ahern, boilermaker, sustained a fractured skull and ribs, and injuries to the spine. His condition is very serious. The men bad been working at the job for about two years and were to have finished within a fortnight. One man, who saw the scaffold give way, said it all happened so suddenly that there was no time to give any warning. The beam, just seemed to snap in halves and the men appeared to go with It. ------------------------------------------------ Historic Australian Newspapers, 1803 to 1954 http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home Aherns in Australian Records http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~aherns/ahcrim.htm ------------------------------------------------