ROUND THE CLOCK
FIREMEN AT PORT AHURIRI
A dozen or so members of the Port Ahuriri Fire Brigade can be numbered among the hardest a,nd most splendidly willing of all the workers. After the first turmoil and rescue work these men turned immediately to fire lighting, working round the clock. By Wednesday night they were done, but some still had to stay on duty, not because anyone ordered them to dp so, but because it was their job. They divided into some sort of watches, and each got a few hours' sleep. On Thursday and Friday they were still on patrol, but because they were well away from relief organisations in Napier their rations were generally missing. On Friday afternoon, when a "Post" reporter had a talk with some of them, they were sitting by the side of the road where the Post Office used to be, waiting for the butcher to remember meat for breakfast. They were dead beat, hungry, their hands were torn and blistered, but they were still on fire duty-—and any 'Other sort of duty.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 36, 12 February 1931, Page 9
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179ROUND THE CLOCK Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 36, 12 February 1931, Page 9
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