Gallant Conduct of an Engineer.
[Per Press Association] Perth, March 9. Extremely gallant conduct was shown by Sample, second engineer of the steamer Federal. While the vessel was lying at anchor in Champion Bay the boiler tubes burst, and the flow of boiling water resulting commenced to quench the fires, threatening grave consequences to the boiler and the ship generally. Recognising the danger, the engineer saw only one way of averting a terrible disaster, and at the risk of his life he resolved to face the stream of scalding steam and arrest its escape. So that his clothing might not in being removed afterwards, tear away the scalded flesh, he striped the upper portion of his body naked, and facing the ' boiling fluid succeeded in stopping the escape. The brave fellow sustained terrible injuries, but there is a chance they will not prove fatal.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 214, 11 March 1895, Page 2
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144Gallant Conduct of an Engineer. Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 214, 11 March 1895, Page 2
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