MANGAHAO TUNNEL.
WANGANUI, July 10. In the course of an interview. James Quinlan, who worked in the Arapeti tunnel • at Mangahao, states that men have been previously gassed on the job. He had himself been carried out. “When a man got tho fumes, it made him reel,” he said, "but in the fresh air outside we could soon get all right. I never saw the fumes so l>ad as they were on this occasion. It was a thick, white stifling haze, and you could not see your hand in front of you.” The trouble was the fan being off, through a breakdown at the power house. When it finally was started they waited a few minutes, and (hen, by following the fresh air in, all the bodies were recovered. Mr Quinlan was found lying across the rails, unconscious, with his head in the water. The man who helped him was alea overcome. Fortunately, however, help was at hand, and both were put on the truck and taken out of the tunnel. As the result of his fall on the (ram rail Mr Quinlan injured his knee, and he still has a limp.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3566, 18 July 1922, Page 5
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