[Bell Historians] Pat Cannon at Poona.

[Mark Humphreys]

> Which tower was it that collapsed years ago after the ringing had finished
> and the ringers were outside of the tower? Are bell towers regularly
> inspected for any signs of potential collapse?

Don't know if it's the one you mean, but St Nicholas, Pier Head, Liverpool
did in the nineteenth century. See http://www.livpc.co.uk/OLSN_New_Main.htm

"There were repeated warnings that the spire was unsafe, and on 11 February
1810, as the bells were ringing and the people assembling for Sunday morning
service the steeple crashed into the nave killing 25 people (21 of them aged
under 15, mostly girls from the Moorfields Charity School) and injuring as
many others. "

Mark