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A pair of German candle sconces from the 16th century display the repoussé technique, in which sheet iron is hammered into shape from the reverse side.
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A pair of German candle sconces from the 16th century display the repoussé technique, in which sheet iron is hammered into shape from the reverse side.
30 April - Crushing, crushing…
Ouch. Photo source.
Today’s tales are two stories of people who found their bodies under undue pressure.
“George Prater, 36, of Woodland, Ill., an employe of the row Hybrid Seed Corn company here, was crushed to death today when a corn detasseling machine being moved in the seed house fell on him. Coroner Verne K. Bussert said the breaking of a chain apparently caused the accident.”
From the Chicago Tribune, 14 June 1945. Source.
“Bruno Nichols, 25 years old, 3228 North Carpenter street, a boiler-maker’s helper, was crushed to death under 2,400 pounds of sheet iron yesterday while at work in the yard of the Lasker Boiler and Engineering corporation, 3201 South Walcott avenue.”
For the Chicago Tribune, 28 November 1940. Source.
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