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Title: Man falls into 50-foot well, dies
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator: Sergieff, Mike
Date Created and/or Issued: 1988
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Title supplied by cataloger.
The body of a construction worker (left) killed when he fell into a 50-foot shaft can be seen covered with a white sheet along the left. A construction crew was working in rebuilding a septic tank at a private residence located at 32402 Pacific Coast Highway near the Ventura County line, when the man who was standing at the top, reportedly lost his balance, resulting in the fatal fall. Boards cover up the hole in front of a front-loading tractor. Photograph dated October 28, 1988.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;24 x 34 cm. on sheet 29 x 36 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00096068
Herald Examiner Collection
HE_b008_f2_i10
CARL0005108474
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/30197
Subject: Dead persons--California--Malibu
Dwellings--California--Malibu
Tractors--California--Malibu
Falls (Accidents)--California--Malibu
Septic tanks--California--Malibu
Accidents--California--Malibu
Malibu (Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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