TRIBUTES TO CREW
_ + __ I THE NARKUNDA FIRE & EXPLOSION CALM DEVOTION TO DUTY ALLAYS FEARS. MAILS EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received This Day, 12.45 p.m.) LONDON, July 17. The Colombo correspondent of “The Times" says passengers testify to the crew’s calmness during the Narkunda incident. Their devotion to duty allayed fears. Many mailbags were soaked and seventy were damaged. Eight of those injured have been discharged from hospital. Miss Meace, who was near the hold at the time of the explosion, was knocked down and injured.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 July 1939, Page 6
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87TRIBUTES TO CREW Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 July 1939, Page 6
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