Antique chandelier crashes to Senate floor

Wednesday, December 31, 2003

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A 600-pound antique chandelier crashed to the Senate floor Tuesday at the Missouri Capitol, smashing a bench typically used by pages but injuring no one.

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