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Only the temporary iron tower for pouring cement remained standing, swaying and lashing wildly, while a single workman clung to the topmost pinnacle, scared but safe. A passing trolley car was derailed by falling chunks, and passengers tumbled out higgelty piggelty???some gravely cut and wounded. Meanwhile, shrieks & groans ascended from the fallen building's debris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Scalawag's Cement | 10/22/1928 | See Source »

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