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o \<#>N <6 o* L»S •/£GA5 5 934P V 1 43 5?G WCP OMA A OL W S W&J LA JFi OL ,’S A S4 30G ADH BFW SLC ADH OL j t oRia wcp cy a d h d f w s l c & o l w s w a j imr o f COLLAPSE OF TANK TOWER FOR 300 ,0QO SAL WATER TASK BEING ER82CTE0 AT U s V£GAS DATE, WORK ORDER 52BA CONTRACT NUMBER CB 3R7S4-I BY THE DARBY CORP OF KANS CITY KANS, DEVELOPS THAT WORK ON ERRECTION HAD PROGRESSED TO A POINT THAT TWO TIERS OF TOWER LEGS HAD BEEN SET TO A HEIGHT OF 75* $* INCLUDING HORIZONTAL STRUTS AND SWAy BRACING* WORK BEING DONE TODAY WAS PLACING FINAL SECTION OR 3RD TIER OF SIX LEGS IN PLACE* CONTRACTOR WAS USING A BASKET BOOM TO PLACE STEEL COLUMNS AND APPARENTLY RATCHET' BROKE ON ONE OF THE WINCHES CONTROLLI® THE BOOM, CAUSING COLUMN SECTION TO STB IXE HORIZONTAL STRUT AND IN TORN COLLAPSING, COLUMN A C T I O N TO STRIKE HORIZONTAL STRUT AND IN TURN COLLAPSING Sm :jl£ TOWER SECTION RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF HAROLD GENT IS I&3J7 COOK ACRES COMPTON CALIF AND CRITICALLY INJURING C J RUSHERXQ 1447 AGNES A T €, KANSAS CITY MO. AND EARL DUNGEY 24037 N0R80RNE A^E LOMITA CALIF ALL EMPLOYES OF DARBY CORPORATION* NO UP EMPLOYES I M B U E D OR UP PROPERTY DAMAGED. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION SHOWS THAT it OF |5 COLUMN SECTIONS THAT FELL SUFFERED SOME APPARENT DAMAGE BY EITHER BEING BENT OR PUNCTURED. A MORE THOROUGH EXAMINATION WILL HA MI TO BE MADE LATER B'i LPD OR JMC 1 * DEt ARMINE EXACT DAMAGE AND TO SEE WHICH ELEMENTS WILL HA'MS TO BE REPLACED. SUPT, SHECKELLS OF DABBY CORPORATION STATED TODAY HE WILL START TO CLEAR IN AM PROVIDED INSURANCE ADJUSTER PERMITS. W . H. J; APR 7 1954 APR $ 1954 R. L.A. APR 6 1954 *nt „ L. ~ ’9s4 • /~N