FACED CERTAIN DEATH
HEROISM OF GILLINGHAM FIREMAN INQUEST VERDICT (Australian and y.Z. Press Association) (United Service j Reed. 11.35 a.m. LONDON, Tuesday. At tlie inquest into tlie death of the 15 Gillingham fire victims, the jury returned a verdict of “Death due to misadventure, owing to the error of an unidentified person." It added a rider stating that human lives should not be risked for such displays. The coroner, in summing up. said obviously the flares were fired in the wrong order, and Fireman Cockayne, who perished, went back to assist the victims, although he knew it was certain death. Fire-Lieutenant Bines, in evidence, said that when he saw shavings alightnear the combustibles, including oil. he ordered Fireman Nicliolls to throw out lifelines from the second floor and get the toys out. Nicliolls failed to reply. He apparently had already been overcome. The whole thing was over in four minutes.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 723, 24 July 1929, Page 9
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