The
Sydney Morning Herald NSW
4 August
1920
HEROIC
FORTITUDE.
AMONG THE INJURED.
Mr. C. Barwick,
a resident of Hurstville, said:-
"I
arrived on the scene within a few minutes of the accident, and assisted in the rescue
work.
The scenes
were terrible.
"I
helped to chop a number out from the wreckage of the telescoped carriages.
One of the
passengers had to have his leg chopped off before he could be extricated.
"Men
were tangled with twisted steel, wood-work, and other parts of the carriage,
and It seemed to be impossible to get them out. We were armed with the roughest
of implements, and often when about to strike a blow with a tomahawk we would
see the limb of some unfortunate person, which prevented us from chopping.
Steel
had to be cut through with axes and saws. We worked as fast as it was humanly possible
to do, but It seemed a dreadful time, and I often despaired of many being
rescued in time.
"The
injured were wonderfully cheerful. One lad, still in his teens, with his leg
almost off and with other frightful injuries, asked me for cigarette.
An-old
man, badly Injured, asked me to get a flask of whisky for him out of one of his
pockets. The others were the same, displaying wonderful fortitude."
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