A WORKMAN HERO
OHARGEMAN LEAPS INTO MOUTH Of BLAST FURNACE.
Recently a chargeman at the Skmningrove Ironworks, named George Wolford, of Loftus. Cleveland, jumped into the mouth of a blast furnace to rescue a fellow workman who had fallen from toe top of tho furnace and was lying unconscious on the place on which the I 1 " 011 ore is tipped preparatory to being discharged into the furnace. . 'At considerable risk to his own lire, Wolford jumped into the midst of dendiy gas fumes and intense heal, a .distance cf five feet, to where the other workman was lying. He lifted the man, who was hopelessly burnt, to the top or the furnace, then scrambled.out-himself, almost overcome with the heat and fumes. ... When complimented by the coroner s jury. who held an inquest upon the other workman, for having risked his own' life. Wclford replied that ho had only done his duty; any other workman would have done the same under the circumstances.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9721, 25 July 1917, Page 10
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163A WORKMAN HERO New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9721, 25 July 1917, Page 10
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