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Newcastle earthquake 30 years later, Part IV: The never-forgotten victims and heroes who emerged from the rubble

Ian Kirkwood
December 26 2019 - 9:00am
HIS SAVIOURS: Quake hero Norm Duffy with the paramedics who rescued and revived him - Alan Playford, Mal Martin, Bruce Hounslow and David Higgins.
HIS SAVIOURS: Quake hero Norm Duffy with the paramedics who rescued and revived him - Alan Playford, Mal Martin, Bruce Hounslow and David Higgins.

WHEN coroner Kevin Waller delivered his inquest findings seven months after the 1989 earthquake, he reflected on all of the people he could have named for "bravery, or special devotion to duty" on that cataclysmic day.

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Ian Kirkwood

Ian Kirkwood

Journalist

Reporting journalist at the Newcastle Herald since 1987. Editorial writer, general reporter, industrial relations, industry and coal.

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