Died, aged 31, when a construction crane crashed, along with Peter Clark and Michal Whittard.
The BBC reported on the inquest. The crane was on the construction site for the HSBC skyscraper in Canary Wharf. The three men were in a crane, called a climbing frame, being used to lengthen another crane. The inquest failed to establish why the climbing frame began twisting and then crashed 25 storeys to the ground. The full report is here.
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Martin Burgess
In memory of Martin Burgess, Peter Clark and Michael Whittard, who died on 21...
Born Redruth, Cornwall. He died aged 19 years, killed by the IRA Regent's Park bomb.
Died, aged 39, when a construction crane crashed. See Martin Burgess for details of the crash.
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
Traitors’ heads used to be displayed on spikes on London Bridge, at the Stone Gateway on the south bank. This merry London ritual began in about 1300 and continued until about 1660. The lofty hea...
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