mast News

Coast Guard Opens Formal Inquiry into Collapse of Mast on Maine Schooner that Killed Passenger

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Coast Guard said Monday it has launched a formal investigation into a fatal accident aboard a historic schooner off the coast of Maine in which a mast fell and killed one person and injured three …

Texas Man Slips on TV Mast, Hangs on For 3 Hours

An East Texas man may embrace cable or satellite television after dangling head-down from a TV aerial mast for three hours. Johnny Perry says he was working to dismantle a mast that had held a high aerial long used for …