NAVAL HEROES.
SPLENDID BRAVERY
HOW STOKER GEE SAVED .THREE MEN.
Bjs Telegraph—Press Association- 1 Copyright. LONDON, Aug. 17.
Details o£ the recent accident to the cruiser Blake show that several cases of conspicuous heroism occur--1 An engineering sub-lieutenant closed a stop-valve in the lace of a deadly rush of steam and boiling T The chief stoker, Gee, thrice entered the stoke-liold, which was a veritable cauldron, rescuing a man each time before being overcome by exhaustion. He was badly, scarred.
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 972, 19 August 1903, Page 4
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