SAVAGE FIREMEN
MAN ASSAULTED UNTIL INSEN- > SIBLE.
(BT TELEGRAPH.—PBKS3 ASSOCIATION.)
WANGANUI, 7th April. A savage affair occurred late to-night. Garlick, a fireman on the steamer Gale went aboard his ship and struck with a bottle .another fireman named M'Lean, the side of whose face was badly cut. Garlick then went ashore and disappeared. Later on he was seen near . the wharf, and was pursued by firemen and sailors, who ran him down in the Avenue. He was seized and thrown to,the footpath, where he was savagely kicked into insensibility. The unfortunate man was then dragged to a dark spot near the wharf, and again -viciously kicked- until constables arrived. Then he was sent to hospital. He is badly damaged, but no vital injury was done. M'Lean's wounds were treated and ho sailed with the steamer at midnight.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 84, 8 April 1924, Page 3
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137SAVAGE FIREMEN Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 84, 8 April 1924, Page 3
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