Tower Crane Collapse, Liverpool 6/7/09 - ARCHIVE

[4737carlin]

Heard about this a few hours after it happened, as by some random coincidence i was near by thought i better go around and see if emergency services needed any help http://smilies.vidahost.com/contrib/ed/laugh.gif

Its right next to Heep Rice Mill which a few of us have done recently
Luckily no one died unlike that last one to fall over in town

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/4737carlin/livurbex/towercrane/w640900IMG_1046a.jpg

Plenty of fire Brigade stuff about, you cant get that close thou to the crane and the building its now on top of!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/4737carlin/livurbex/towercrane/w640900IMG_1056a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/4737carlin/livurbex/towercrane/w640900IMG_1058a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/4737carlin/livurbex/towercrane/w640900IMG_1011.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/4737carlin/livurbex/towercrane/w640900IMG_1019a.jpg

This dude was from Granda News, he was telling me the driver jumped from the cab and bust both his legs!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/4737carlin/livurbex/towercrane/w640600IMG_1023.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/4737carlin/livurbex/towercrane/w640900IMG_1028a.jpg

This was as close as you can get.....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/4737carlin/livurbex/towercrane/w640900IMG_1068a.jpg

Was a bit better from the Strand
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/4737carlin/livurbex/towercrane/w640600IMG_1005jp.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/4737carlin/livurbex/towercrane/w640900IMG_1075jp.jpg

[Mickle]

A few of the Crane in question in March, the one that collapsed was a Luffing Jib Crane the one at the back.

Great pics Carlin .....

More here: BBC NEWS (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8136336.stm)

The building it collapsed into is the one to the bottom left of the picture

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2669/3694855955_0b7ffee3a0.jpg

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