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fell just outside & killed a fine little fellow a cook, working outside. Only the wall in between saved me & when the dust cleared I went out to look for the lad I found him lying face downwards one arm & one leg practically severed & other wounds. Two of us put him on a stretcher but he breathed his last as we did so & after showing him to an M.O. we carried him round to where the other dead were lying. This was our only casualty for the day, a remarkable thing as several times debris thrown up by shells fell over us. Am pleased to say that I did not know what nervousness was even after the Cookhouse incident, the work being sufficient to key one up to anything. The whole crowd worked wonderfully & not once was there a block altho' only one road was available for the whole traffic. Things slackened up during the afternoon & a block in the road towards evening caused a hold up for