PLUCKY ENGINEER
STOPPING AN ENGINE
ACCIDENT TO POWER PLANT.
Owing to a 'serious accident at •Forbes, New South Wales, lately, in the power-house, the tow n was deprived of electric .light. Mr B. Bain, a young Scottish engineer, employed at the power-house, risked his life in an endeavour to stop the engine, and to prevent the delicate parts of the steam engine in the same room being damaged by Hying pieces. 'He rushed to the oil engine while it was throwing large piece 6 of castings to all parts of the room, and pushed up the feedcocks. To his dismay, he discovered the levers would not s tay shut off. •Mr Bain, realising the danger to other machinery, hung determinedly on to the feed-cock levers with bom hanas. A large section of the machinery fell on his left arm, temporarily incapacitating it. Despite the pa.rn, he hung on to the second lever - " in the darkness until the machine stopped'.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 May 1933, Page 7
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