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DEATHS OF TWO FIREFIGHTERS (P.A.) AUCKLAND, Mar. 11. Two men were suffocated to-day while fighting a gorse and scrub fire which got out of control on the Rodney golf course, a mile north of Warkworth. The victims were: Selwyn Morrison, married, aged about 50, a farmer of Warkworth. Rudolph Willmott Ross Pulham, married, aged 53, storekeeper, of Matakana. The victims were members of a party of six men who were engaged in burning off about two and a-half acres of cut grass and gorse on the links. The wind freshened and the flames spread rapidly until from 40 to 50 acres were 3blsZ6 When the fire spread to a large area of titree adjoining the golf course Messrs Morrison and Pulham started to climb through the fence to combat the new menace. The smoke was very thick and heavy, and they were seen to be overcome by smoke. Their bodies were recovered shortly afterwards by other members of the party.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25174, 15 March 1943, Page 2
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