VALUE OF RADIO.
SEAMAN’S LIFE SAVED. By Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON, April 9. Yet another instance of the use of wireless in saving life was recorded during the last homeward voyage of the lonic. The vessel’s surgeon, Dr. Harries, boarded the Dunkirk steamer, the Germanic, in a rough sea, and attended a member of the crew who was in a weak condition from loss of blood. When the lonic received a radio call the course was set for the Germanic, and the doctor transferred to a boat one of the crew of the French boat who had had his hand almost blown off in an explosion, and the artery severed. Fatal consequences were feared. Dr. Harries soon made the sufferer comfortable. The timely aid was promptly recognised by the Paris office of the Shipping Company, which sent Dr. Harries a set of sleeve links set in platinum.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18540, 10 April 1930, Page 3
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146VALUE OF RADIO. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18540, 10 April 1930, Page 3
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