NAVY MAN'S HEROISM.
THE SCOTTISH FARM FIRE. (»Y CABIX— VBXSB ASSOCIATION—COPTBIGHT) CAI76TBAXIAJ, AUD V.7.. CABLS ASSOCIATION) LONDON, September 22. Later details of the Dnndonald (Ayrshire) fire, in which five women and four men potato-pickers, camped in a partitioned loft, were burned to death, reveal the heroism of John Greenan, an ex-Navy,man, who slept nearest the ladderway. He conld have escaped easily, but, shouting "The women!" he went to their aid, and dragged out a girl named Cree to safety. A rescue party was driven back by the flames and smoke; but Greenan insisted on going back through the flames, and was found dead near the five women victims, including two Creasy who were sisters.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18186, 24 September 1924, Page 10
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