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· MIRTH: DRIN MECHANICS

THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER

WHEN DEATH STALKED

1985:

AVIATRIX ADEN BECOMES

TO CHINA

Charlie Chaplin is going to Lon- don for the premiere of "Modern Times", bir latest film, a satiré on our machine age.

DISEASE THAT

PUZZLED THE

MEDICAL WORLD

Clue Was Found In

A Nerve Sedative

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country..

Its name

vided by the discovery that among those affected are many doctors, nurses, and medical students.

This fact led to a search for a possible drug or medicine which might be the root of the trouble.

A SEDATIVE

IN QUETTA

|MEN AND WOMEN WHO RISKED

LIVES IN EARTHQUAKE

Nurse Who

Saved Children

Official

Officer Risked

Grave Infection

Tributes

After

Heroism

Native Soldiers Ignored Panger

To Deeds. Of

Earthquake

London, Dec. 10.

The deeds of heroism in the Quetta earthquake, which won either the Albert Medal or the Medal of the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire were described in the "London Gazette" last night.

The awards and the official statements are given below:

THE ALBERT MEDAL Nurse Florence Alice Allen.

In the early morning of May 31, while employed in rescue work

Two in

At the risk of her life, and at the in the city, Lee-Naik Hukam Dad cost of terrible injuries to her leg, fought his way into the ruins of a Mins Allen saved the life of the child burning, house at considerable risk in her charge by throwing herself to his own life and rescued a woman across the cot. She has displayed the who was imprisoned there.

Jured men had already perished in the highest courage ever since.

Dames, and it was only through the bravery and presence of mind of

r Jukani Dad that the woman, was saved. Lee-Naik Kabul Singh, 4th Bn. 19th

Hyderabad Regt,

of May 31

Lt. John Guine Cowley, R.E. 10th Army Troops Co., Q.V.0. Madras Sappers and Miners.

Lt. Cowley and his party were the Arst to start relief work at the Civil

/wpital, where the walls of all tha

21

On

the morning

had collapsed, bringing down the roofs intact on the inmates, on Lex-Naik Kabal Singh at great risk whom the debris of the walls had and personal danger to his life entered tumbled-down burning house in already fallen. At first the men were too few in number to tear off the Bruce-rend and succeeded in rescuing roofs, so they raised them up for wo women and three children.

Pte. Robert Spoors, 1st Bn. W. Yorks, I

Regt, under them and dragged out

periods whilst 1.

Cowley

from their beds. The sur

After the earthquake on the morn-

quite helplessing of May 31 Pte. Spoors, at very

vivors were, lunke

patients and

considerable risk to himself from

n dangerous

Lt. Crowley lifted many men in his falling debris, entered Major O'llan- arms, regardless of the warning that lon's house, which was in a they were suffering from all manner condition. He

Punjab (Burma Regt,

by

wan

the most praiseworthe."

Yar 24th Mtn. Bde., R.A,

duty

the

Airwoman is Katherine Cheung, aged twenty-two, of Lang Beach, California. She has had two hun- dred hours' flying experience, and is now planning a solo flight to China, her homeland. Camera caught her swinging propeller of airplane given to her by Chinese residents of Southern California.

in

AXIS OF BRITAIN'S

NAVAL

STRATEGY:

GIBRALTAR OF THE

RED SEA Washington, Dec. 12. Ro OMAN soldiers cap-

tured Aden in 24 B.C. and the British Empire is taking care that Mussolini's modern legions shall not repeat] the feat.

Washington, Dec. 12.

Roman soldiers captured Aden In 24 B.C. and the British Empire Is taking care that Mussolint's modern leglons shall not repent the feat;

Reports of military and naval activity at Aden, possibly fore shadowing the early development of a first-class, base there, attest the nacending strategical

portance of the peninsular in South Arnbla which in successive cen- turies has supported the maritime power of Phoenicians, Portuguese, Turks, Arabians, and British.

Italy's bold military plans against Ethiopia were recognized by the British as

ultimate implying an challenge to their Imperial power In the Red Sen and Indian Ocean,

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successful in ponsible for saving the lives of several and Aden became a focussing-point of diseases. Had it not been for the clearing a path for Mrs. O'Hanlon Indians buried under the debris in for the attention of naval experts work of this officer and the excellent and was mainly responsible for saving Quetta City; and on more than one who consider all the hypothetical

life. "He then re-entered the occasion voluntarily endangered his aspects of international rivalry. example shown by him to his men, her very many less mery would have been house to save the nurse and baby, own life to effect a rescue.

but was himself caught in the

Second Gibraltar On May 31 in Quetta City, regard- A new sore throat disease is saved alive. puzzling doctors throughout the Lee-Nalk Firoze Khan, 5th Bn. 8th and was later rescued by two men less of his own safety, he worked at

Situated within striking distance and brought out'in an exhausted con- Оп the morning of May 31dition. The subsequently worked for great personal risk for four hours to of the Straits of Babel-Mandeb, the

hours at the British Military

Lary effect the roscue of an Indian child bottleneck of the Red Sea, Aden Agranulocytic Lee-Naik Firoze, than was in charge In

a collapsed occupies a position comparable to Angina, and it strikes down those of porty ensuiged in rescue work Hospital. His action was reported by entombed alive under apparently in normal health and and fire-fighting in the city. Hear the Colonel Commanding the Hospital double storey building. In order to that of Gibraltar at the outlet of often proves fatal.

help from beneath the with a recommendation for special reach the child he had heard crying the Mediterranean. The afmilarity ing cries Women are more subject to it ruins in the close vicinity of a fire recognition; the fnet being cor-it was necessary to make a tunnel also extends to the geographical

O'Hanlon, beneath the wreckage, which was Major and his roborated Lance-Naik roze Khan than men.

A clue to its nature has been pro-party commenced to dig and cut their R.A.M.C. Pte. Spoors gallant be most unsafe condition. The dead fact that both Gibraltar and Aden way down to the building. haviour and devotion to duty were bodles of other members of the family are huge rock peninsulars jutting nearly two

two hours work

were encountered embedded in the from the mainland, the commercial Naik was able to enter the building Havildar (A/Havlidar-Major) Ahmad debris; it was impracticable to ex-fact that both are points of call and these, but the child was supply for great numbers of mer- above and discovered two people from

brought out unscathed. (The remains chant Vessels, and the imperial pinned down by beams and rubble. On The tre ad by this time spread to Sandieman-rond, Quotta, this Non-in consequence of shocks that look the security of the British Hino of tho night of May 1-June 1 in of this building did actually collapse fact that both are indispensable to the building in question, which was commissioned nicer for a period of place during the night of May 31-communications to India and the full of noke and fumes. In spite five and a half hours worked in a hale June 1.) Elston's personal example Far East, of this the Lance Naik with pick and about 16ft below a very unsafe wall and bravery were most meritorious. saw kpunt over half an hour beneath extricating a man who was

Aden was added to the British eventually It is revealed that he ruins and finally released the in- found to be unharmed. During the Lee.-Cpl. George Henshaw, 1st Bn. Empire in 1889, the first important drug called pyramidon, which jured people. He did this at grent period there were several shocks of The Queen's Royal Regt.

addition in the reign of Queen is a mild nerve sedative and risk to his own life, as throughout rent intensity, and in any of the there was grave danger of the ruins there was, the grave risk of being

Immediately after the earthquake Victoria. Two years earlier, pain reliever, had been employ-subsiding from the effect of the fire buried. This Neu-commissioned On Pte. Henshaw, together with other British ship had been wrecked on ad by the stricken individuals and further earthquake shocks, cer as a Havlidar-Major was on con- military policemen, went to carry out the Arabian coast, and some of the

Pte. Harry Fitzsimmons, 1st Bn. W.tinuous

from the over a considerable period.

work at Quetin Grammar crew and passengers had been mis- time acue

School. During this

perled The only method

Yorks, Regi

carthquake unill

te showed an utter disregard for his own asised explanations, and the local hetrented. The Bombay government On May 1 and June 1 and 2 Battery returned 10 İLK lires dingnesis is by an examination of Filzains was on rescue duty in on the evening of June 3. He never safety and was most prominent

Sultan in compensation offered to operations in what was an sell the harbour and town of Adon. highest possible extremely dangerous building. set the This reveals that nearly all the area of Quetta City to the east failed to

of Sanda Hull. He worked with standard of leadership, discipline, and the important

Arrangements made by the father At 6.30 ani. he was employed in white cells conspicuous energy and devotion to personal - work,

rescue work in St. John's road. An were rejected after his death by “u” (known as polymorphs) have duty throughout the period of rescue Medal Of Order Of British Indian child WAS located belowison, and the British sent a milltary disappeared.

work, and in conjunction with others

wreckage above which was a con- and naval force from Bombay. siderable nount of debris liable to Aden was captured and annexed to On June

1, in order to rescue Pte. Arthur Brooks, 1st Bu. The fall at any moment. Pte. Henshaw the Bombay presidency on January and vitality, and when reduced the an Indian whom he knew to be buried „Queen's Royal Rogt. (West Sur dug under the wreckage and at the 16, 1839. Since 1932 it has been bodily resistance to bacterial in-alive, Fitzsimmons, at great risk to

rey),

risk of his life crawled under and responsible politically to the govern. vasion completely vanishes.

his own life, made a passage under On the afternoon of May 31, Ple dragged the child out alive. is ment of India, but in military and About 100 coses are known in the debris of a house into which he Brooks at great personat risk rescued courage throughout was. of the which pyramidon tablets or medi- was able to crawl.

a man from beneath the debris of highest order.

naval affairs is very close to Lon- don. cine containing the drug have been On reaching the man he discovered building in Suru) Ganj Bazaar behind the determining cause.

In woman lying dead on top of him the City Thann. A party of military Bmbdr. (Ice--Sgt.) Alfred Lungley,

WHA pinned down by a stout policemen had locat

located a man lying A new promise of cure has who

24th Mntn: Bde. R.A. benm across her leg. In order to some 18 feet beneath debris and In Bruce-road, Quetta, on June 2, The completion of the Suez Canal been offered by the discovery release the man, whom he eventuaily close to n wall in a very dangerous at alut 12 noon, n Aurvivor was three decades later made Aden an of a drug known as pentose saved, he had to saw off the woman's coalition. They dug down with picks located in a house on the east side extremely valuable port for bunker- nucleotido.

er with leg a carpenter's saw. The re-fund

und shovels to a point within some of the road. In order to extricato ing of vessels en route to and from mains

of the building, and the passage five feet of the man, when from the the survivor it was necessary to go to the East. Politically, Aden served he made, were in imminent danger imminent danger of the collapse of the bottom of a deep hole surrounded frequently as a counter-balance to of collapse during the whole period the wall and a broken beam that and overhung by tottering masonry. French or Italian ambitions in working. Fitzsimmons's would have released further wreckage. This was able to collapse at any Northeastern Africa, since the were he WJR treated by this drug In Manchester action was a very rallant one and they were unable to get any further. minor shocks, sinne of which occurred power, resident there was an ever- Royal Infirmary recently. Both worthy of special recognition.

Pte. Brooks then dug through the during work. Lee.-Sgt. Lungley men recovered. The woman was Gurkha's Rescue Of Children remainder of the wreckage with his showed the greatest zeal and dis- present reminder of Britain's In- bands, reached the man and removed regard for his own safety, although tense interest in the Red Sen and him uninjured. Throughout the latter be was already suffering from a the Gulf of Aden... portion of the rescue Pte. Brooks was severe injury to his foot. The sur- an imminent danger of being burled vivor was extricated alive.

the blood.

of accurate

Upon these cells depends health lives.

WHA responsible for saving severni

Two men and n

DOCTORS' PLEA

woman

Gurkha Rifs,

AL

Empire

in

and his action showed complete dis-

regard for personal safety, and

courage in undertaking a task the

rescue

the

Dangerous Rescue

in

Britain's Reminder

In the ovent of nents British-

Italian rivalry in the led Sen- Indian Ocean area, Aden would have these strategical responsibili

defence operations if such were

10th ties: First. base for the naval

in such a serious condition when Rifmn. Harkhir Thaps, 2nd Bn. 8th she reached hospital that it was Impossible to save her life.

On the morning of May 31 im. Pentose nucleotide stimulates the Thapa was

detailed as part of bone marrow, which is concerned rescue party which was going to with the manufacture of the healthy Police Lines. On the way to the work might have cost him his life. Through Lee.-Naik Mata Dịn, 4th Bn.

out some living people behind the white cells.

Doctors are

Tho heard noises in a building and approaching the obtained premission from the N.C.O. out the morning of May 31. Pte Hyderabad Regt., LA. Ministry of Health to urge new

Bronks had been prominent in rescue

On May 31 this non-commissioned necessary to maintain amity with. legislation to govern the sale or to try to get these people out, Al work at Quetta Grammar School and officer showed conspicuous devotion to the Arab nations; point of support

about 6.30 a.m. the Adjutant visted in St. John's road. medicines containing pyramidon, the area to ascertain how work was

daty by excavating a man who was for Arabian shipping and commer- which at present can be sold un-progressing. He found Rifimu. Hark-Lee, Naik Chitrabandar Gurung. 1at for whose rescue three parles had Zanzibar; protection of the British

buried in

very dangerous pines (and cial activity between Arabia and restricted.

bir Thapa had worked his way with, B. 8th Gurkha Rifles, LA, At an inquest on a St. Pancras his hands through the debris under

Non-commissioned Officer, already made attempts, but had left Mal-line cables to India, Australia

as there was very im-and him there, man last month it was stated, that a lottering roof, and was now ig along with other men, was instru-minent danger of tho, working parties verging cables route down the Afri mental in saving the life of Mrs. his death followed long use of the two people who were alive but drug in the form of cough tablets:As there was clearly every chance of Newington (wife of Supt. Newing themselves being buried alive).

The coroner said he intended toof collapsing on top of it as funily of Mr. and Mrs. Newington

debris the Adjutant ́ns«) removed bring to the notice of the authori-sisted him by propping up the roof were buried in the ruins of their

bungalow some five

feet under or tablets.

blr Thapa continued his work andi brought out two children alive. He ut about 7 a.m. on May 31. Through

work undoubtedly

This

ties the use of the drug in such as far as possible. Kifinn. Hark the debria. The party started mechanical transport from the Lines Adon. Some of these might have

THIS WAS THE

PLANE WITH

+

at the risk ved those two childron unceasitig

of hin own life,

i was

the Far East, and the con-

can coast. Lou of the Railway Police). The Naik Nandlal Thapa. 2nd Dn. 8th

The British Empire possesses Gurkha Rifs., I.A.

several other islands of grenter.or Naik Nandlal Thapa formed part leser strategical importance in the

loading detachment of the lower of the

Red Sea and the Gulf of. Inttalion which wh conveyed by carried out under to Quetta City. There was no time been ignored in past decades, but very dangerous circumstances, as the for the party to collect tools. On ar- the advent of submarines and sea- On June 2 this rifleman's conduct work was carried out under the re- rival in the city the detachment was planes has brought even small and again brought to notice. On minining wall of the bungalow, which split up into small parties and worked inconsequential islets within the this occasion he formed part of a would have fallen if another shock with their hands for three hours, scope of possible military or naval THE CRUMPLED WING detachment working in Hudda Village, had taken place, the vicinity of the prior to the distribution of tools, ex-programmes.-United Press,

The upper storey of a crumbling bodies was reached about 9.30.

tricating injured men and women house was being cleared, part of the

Great care and intelligence were from the debris.

siderable risk. He fully realised tha roof bad fallen through the floor into required in order to avoid wounding The area in which they worked was risks ha, ran, but was always ready to Mancot Aerodrome, Sydney, la

nfeld adjoining the lower storey, thus rendering the the couple, whilst speed was essential the function of Bruce roud and Colvin, enter any building where there was

Hoor extremely fortunate not to have war et dangerous. A ilving child if there was to be any hope of rescue road, one of the parts most daninged any possibility of anybody remaining

in the lower storey, Soon after 9.30 Mrs. Newington a crumpled horn. A day or two!This man and one other volunteered extricator · alive, and shortly after by the earthquake. During this alive. He conduct, was a very tine period minor shocks frequently ocexample of courago and energy at a ago, an aeroplane landed on her to dig through a corner of the floor Mr. Newington dend. Ice-Naik curred, causing further falls of ma-critical time.

opposite to where it The cow was knocked over, but They did sa with khuket Crumbed Chitraharul Gurung showed initiative, sonry in the houses in which they were|Ldg. A.C. Norman George Breadon,”

it, ind

and their resource and courage, which were un digging with their hands, scrambled up and ran off bellow-hands and got through to the lower doubtedly Instrumental in saving life.|| Working with the party, this Though himself badly injured with ing, little the worse. A wing of storey and rescued the child. They Tunnelled Through Debris N.C.O. showed conspicunun bravery, in crucked, rib and collarbone; this nir the machine was crumpled instead, did this at considerable risk to their Pie. Ernest Mathew Elston, 1st Bn. the manner in which he entered Lor- mian remained until late in the day says Austral News,

| own lives, as the walls were in danger

W. York Regt.

tering buildings in search of living attending to injured airmen in the of falling and the floor might have collapsed at any moment

Pte. Elston worked with untiring people and in the work and initiative dressing station. He behaved with Lee.-Naik Hukam Und, 5th Bn. 8th energy at rescue work and in the he displayed in removing them. As a great gallantry.

subsequent salvage operations, May result of his dikregard of denger ten (Full list of 'aicarde published on Punjab (Burina) Rogt.

31-June 14. He was personally res-l people were rescued alive at con- page 8.)"

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