A FALL IN COPPER.
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What would appear to be a case of overloading, or, at any rate, of loading up perilously near the axleweight limit, recently assisted in the premature distribution of coin on the roadway.
On Wednesday of last week, a horse-drawn wagonette was dispatched from Leyton to deliver • a consignment of copper coin to one of the City banks. The number of pennies comprising the load was
240,000, the approximate weight being 2 tons 4 cwt. When passing along Rosebery Avenue, near to Mount Pleasant, the rear axle of the vehicle totally collapsed, with the result that bags of coin were precipitated on to the tramlines and there lay amongst the debris. One of the L.C.C. breakdown lorries—a 28-32 h.p. ArmstrongWhitworth machine—was soon ea the spot with lifting tackle, and the track was quickly cleared.
Our centre illustration, showing the bags of pennies stacked up in a side street and guarded by police, will probably prove as interesting as any of the three photographs which we secured of the incident. No bags were broken.