SEWER FATALITY.
FOUR PEOPLE OVERCOME BY FOUL AIR. ONE DEATH. BRAVE RESCUERS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Sydney, March 4. John Stevens, working in a sewer, was overcome by foul air. A fellow-workman, named Ckallis, went to tlio assistance of Stevens, but ho also was overcome. Two others descended to attompt a rescue, but they were overcome. Nothing daunted, other workmen and a constable went down, and succeeded in rescuing the men.
Stevens has died, but the others have recovered.
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 54, 5 March 1901, Page 2
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