FIRE IN LOFT.
HEROIC EX-NAVY MAN. BY CABLE-rRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT LON DON, Sept. 22. Later details of the fire in a. loft at Dundonald, Ayrshire, in which nine lives were lost, reveal the heroism of, John ' Greenan, an ex-navy man, who slept near to the ladderway. He could have escaped easily, but shouting ‘‘the women.” he went to their aid and dragged out- a- girl, named Cree to safety. The rescue party was driven back by flames and smoke, but Greenan insisted on going back through the flames. Lafer lie was found’ dead near five women victims, including. two Cree sisters.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 24 September 1924, Page 5
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