MOTOR COACH FIRE.
j FIFTH VICTIM SUCCUMBS.
j STORIES OF SELF-SACRIFICE. Australian Press Association—United Service LONDON, April 28. A fifth victim of the motor coach lLagedy at Maidenhead, a woman, has jßuccunibed to her injuries. r lho survivors pay tribute to the hcioisrn of the driver of the coach. In spito of his injuries he dragged out several people before he rushed away to telephone for an ambulance. The stories of self-sacrifice include one bf a woman who was lying at the side of the road with her clothes burned off. frhe cried to the rescuers: " Do not mind Die. There are others in a worse plight."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20242, 30 April 1929, Page 11
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107MOTOR COACH FIRE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20242, 30 April 1929, Page 11
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