Cambridge Chronicle 14 Jun 1822: Men repairing church fell

On Thursday the 6th inst. three men, who were employed in repairing the interior of Trumpington church, fell from a scaffold about 35 feet high, and were severely injured; they are, however, all in a fair way of recovery. The scaffold was placed across two ladders, in a careless manner, one of which falling, occasioned the accident.

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