Constable saves woman from burning house
PA New Plymouth Firemen and neighbours yesterday praised the courage of a Hawera police constable who plunged into a burning house to rescue a woman, aged 80, from almost certain death. Constable David Newland collapsed from smoke inhalation after dragging Mrs Mary Gulliver from her house about 1.30 a.m. yesterday.
He required mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Mrs Gulliver was taken to Hawera Hospital. Constable Newland said
he found Mrs Gulliver on the floor after several minutes searching in her smoke-filled bedroom.
“I grabbed her by the shoulder, hauled her across the bed, and pushed her out the window,” he said. “We got tangled in the curtain.”
The rescue was the second of its kind in south Taranaki this week. On Monday, Miss Robyn Smith was pulled unconscious from her Manaia house by firemen.
Mrs Gulliver and Miss Smith were both reported to be in a satisfactory condition yesterday.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19831013.2.23
Bibliographic details
Press, 13 October 1983, Page 3
Word Count
152Constable saves woman from burning house Press, 13 October 1983, Page 3
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in