'...there was Harry, whose desire was to help mother, he being the eldest of the four and his mother's mainstay, his father having died at his post a few years ago. He might have saved himself, but thought first of the lives of those in the train he was driving.'
Notes re above - Harry's father, Thomas Cotterill died in Penzance 4 November 1898. Harry's 3 siblings were Emily, Minnie & Charles.
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