Man and timber fell one more turn.
The timber had fallen from a freight train minutes before the collision.
Stone and timber fell from beneath the goddess's feet, but she floated above the breach.
Behind them was a hole, where two timbers had fallen at angles to each other and crossed, leaving an empty space above them.
The mine shaft was not choked, because enormously strong timbers had fallen across and blocked it.
Then the huge timber fell forward, half hurled by the capering furies who grasped it.
There was flame now across the passage, and the timbers were falling.
And then suddenly the timber fell away before us and I stood looking out over the same flat country that we'd come through the previous day.
When it finally broke, the timbers of the bridge fell on him.
The man had clearly been trapped when the ancient timber fell across his chest.