[Police Sergeant] Sneddon[2] arrived from another incident and Mahir showed him where the other man was thought to be whilst he himself returned to relieve Gott.
Sneddon sent his men to collect buckets from nearby houses to carry away the rubble and organised their work so well that the man was soon released.
Mahir and Gott used the broken rafter to shore up the cavity and sawed through a bedstead and a sofa, eventually releasing the victim who was only slightly injured.
Mahir, Gott and Sneddon were, throughout, subject to the risk of being crushed by shifting rubble and in danger from leaking gas.
In 1955 he was seconded as Deputy Commandant of the National Police College at Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire, a post in which he served until 1957.
He also represented the Metropolitan Police at billiards and snooker and was a referee and judge for the Amateur Boxing Association.