NARROW ESCAPE AT ROTORUA.
A BRAVE MAORI. . By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, last night. A man named Messenger had a narrow escape at Rotorua on Thursday. He entered a manhole connected with the sewage system without taking the necessary precautions, and succumbed very quickly to the sulphur fumes which in Rotorua collect in addition to other abnoxious gases common to sewerage. On seeing Messenger succumb a Maori entered the manhole and fastened a rope around the unconscious man’s body. The fumes almost overcame the native, but be managed to reach the surface before he fainted. Messenger was then drawn up, and was found to be in a bad way. He was conveyed to his lodgings in great agony, and was attended by Dr. Kenny.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 383, 7 April 1902, Page 2
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