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r. ' T + ' A . . ..." - j \' 'workmen's acrifice their : ' ' LIVES WW A COMRADE. IX>N,DON, November 28. Three men lost ' their lives by suffocalion. m a linfic kijii at Borstal, near Rochester, ■ vest jerdajy two perishing m, agallant attempt lo save a third. *.-'. Wjllhun Jjoshua Hermitage, a laborer, while working m. Uki kiln, was overcome by fumes firbm an adjoining kiln. Richard John Bigg; his mate-, seeing his danger, came to the- opening, shouted for help,- --■ and then, himself deswiided to the assistance of "HermiiUige, hob was overcome. ! Henry Hill, the fareuian, and another laborer 'rained Georg<? Petts, had heard the alarm, and hastened to the rescue. ■ Bill gallantly entered the kiln, aaid Petts attempted to follow, but fell outside -beaten by the deadly fumt's. W' SVvefaT other wprkineu now made for the spot, a"n"d three uf them,' undaunted by the fate, of their comrades, went m and brought out the three bodies, but life . was extinct. These three were themselves overcome by the deadly vapor as they got outside. The deceased werfcj married men with fami-
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9640, 15 January 1903, Page 3
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