Fireman Burned
FLAME BLOWS BACK ON WINGATUI Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, May 4. ttevere uurns on tne DOdy were suffered by Mr Thomas Dignan, aged -6, a fireman on the Union Steamship Company’* coastal vessel Wingatui, when he was caught by a blow-back of flame from the vessel’s furnace during the run from Wellington to Auckland. The accident occurred at 1 a.m. on Thursday, the day after the vessel left Wellington. Mr Dignan was treated on board. A St. John ambulance was on the wharf to transport him to the Auckland Hospital when the Wingatui arrived. Mr Dignan’a condition is regarded
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 105, 5 May 1937, Page 5
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