DOCTOR’S MINE HEROISM
LIFE RISKED TO SAVE LAD. The North Walbottle Miners' Lodge has sent a letter of appreciation to Dr H. Kendall for his heroism in saving the life of Richard Foley, aged 17; a miner who was bleeding to death down a mine. Foley was ■ working oa - a conveyer) is
North Walbottle pit when a stone, weigh-, ing CO tons, fell and. pinned, his'hand to the top,, of a “tub.”. The frail tub, tear-, ing the full weight of the, stone, was IS' inches from the . floor; and Foley wa« ; trapped, in this space. ' ■_ f . ... ; Dr Kendall, who is 57, wriggled up,tothe young miner. . Lying on, his ..side ,he administered chloroform, and, though faced with the risk that' at any moment he might be crushed “to death -by th*, tub yielding to the great weight upon it, he amputated the ilad’e thre» fingers to . procuta hia relew*.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19330928.2.27
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 22070, 28 September 1933, Page 5
Word Count
149DOCTOR’S MINE HEROISM Otago Daily Times, Issue 22070, 28 September 1933, Page 5
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.