Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1912-11-20 | Page 12 | Part of Floor at New High School Falls with Crash

PART PARI OF FLOOR AT NEW HIGH SCHOOL FAllS WITH CRASH Cement Said to Have Not Yet Hardened Hardened Blame Blame Laid on Carpenters Repairs arc In pro progress at the now new high school at nt Ninth South and Thirteenth Thirteenth Thir Thir- East streets on square feet of uC the tho main floor loor which ca C caved In Monday Monn Mon Mon- day n afternoon and arni fell felt Into the basement base base- ment a distance of seventeen Sc feet Tho Th flooring is of cement reinforced b by teel and lightened by br tile tHc The portion portion portion por por- tion that fell consisted of or new cement an and it was found pos possible to 10 save tho steel and most of the thc tile Blame is placed on carpenters carpenter who ho hoIn In Iii thou their rush to keep ti up p with cement iuen nen are arc 1 said to have o slighted careful propping propping- of the floor frames on which the steel nn and tile were interwoven and with fresh cement I The particular section of the floor which fell eB through is In the extreme southwest cornet corner of the tilt building It H was the the- thelast h last section of the main floor to bo ho Jal laid The work worl of or rebuilding ln Hf making repairs will be completed about bout Thursday The Thc erection of ot new y frames to hold hol 1 the thc floor section was c completed yesterday ester a Construction on engineers say a that tho the crumbling of or moulds mould an and frames rames Is not at l all aU uncommon during tho the erection of a n beay heavy cement building tho the daner danger danger dan dan- ger er passing as soon oon as the cement hardens la