WHY NOT GAS MASKS?
(To the Editor;) Sir, —Reading the account of the terrible tragedy at Mangahao the question arises, who is to blame for the negligence displayed in not providing a sufficient supply of gas masks to be used in cases of emergency? Surely it is only reasonable to suppose that all persons in authority should consider it a paramount duty to safeguard the lives of men working under dangerous conditions. Fine words of praise for their gallantry will not restore these men, neither will platitudes assuage the grief of their families. Let this lesson, so frightfully driven home, be used for the benefit of other workers. In the meantime we should endeavour to ascertain who is to blame. —I am, etc., Z. S. GILL.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2167, 5 July 1922, Page 4
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126WHY NOT GAS MASKS? Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2167, 5 July 1922, Page 4
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