Newspaper Archives Archives 1860 - 1869
| Dec 1862 Golden Lion bridge |
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During the past week men in the employ of the Wilts and Berks Canal Company have been engaged in fencing off the approaches to this bridge, and their labours, no doubt, in some measure will tent to make the passage over the bridge more certain, but that these fencings will meet the requirements of the public, or make the bridge what it ought to be, we cannot for a moment admit.
Indeed, on Christmas night, between nine and ten o'clock, and since the fencings on that side of the bridge were completed, one of the workmen in the employ of the Great Western Railway, when attempting to cross the bridge, walked right into the water. The thought which must frequently come to uppermost in the mind of persons when attempting to cross this bridge is that should they unfortunately get into the water, the large number of persons constantly passing over the bridge, both by night as well as day, renders it almost certain that his perilous position will be immediately discovered and the necessary help at once afforded him. The report was instantly spread that a man was in the canal, and he was quickly, although with considerable difficulty, pulled out, and after being taken into the Golden Lion was restored to consciousness. The Swindon Advertiser |