BRASS HELMETS
DANGER TO FIREMEN.
DEMONSTRATED AT BRISBANE. .* > \ THREE MEN INJURED. <y CAULK - CHESS ASSOCIATION —OOPYBIGHT. Received 10.30 a.m. to-day. BRISBANE, July 6. The danger to firemen through wearing brass helmets was dramatically demonstrated when two firemen on.' a balcony were fighting an outbreak. The helmet of one accidentally touched a tramway feeder cable. The man received a strong shock and collapsed in an unconscious condition. The second fireman suffered a similar shock through touching his companion’s clothes and a third, while mounting a ladder, became a victim owing to liis helmet accidentally touching the cable. The three men were sent to hospital where they -recoverd.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 6 July 1927, Page 5
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106BRASS HELMETS Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 6 July 1927, Page 5
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