SURVIVORS’ TALES.
It is the nature of men who do gallant deeds to speak of their acts simply, straightforwardly. So it was that a number of the rescue party told their stories when interviewed. A couple of typical ones:— J'. Quinlan, concrete-mixer, a member ofthe rescue party that recovered the bodies, said he went in with a number pushing a truck_ They reached the body of F. Birss and lifted it on to the truck. Then they pushed on to where Miller, W. Birss and Graham were lying. They tried to lift Miller on the truck, but Quinlan felt himself going and became unconscious. He learned later that T. O’Halloran carried him out. He went in again after the fan started and helped to bring out the other Graham. Another of the party, Sinclair, when he entered the tunnel, saw R. Brown, done up, and struggling to lift Kinzett. Sinclair picked up Kinzett and carried him live chains and then collapsed himself. Kinzett was then picked up by E. Madden and carried a few more chains until a truck came up. Kinzett was laid on it and restorative measures were applied successfully at the sub-station.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2166, 4 July 1922, Page 7
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195SURVIVORS’ TALES. Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2166, 4 July 1922, Page 7
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