A PLUCKY RESCUE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 182, 31 July 1912, Page 4

A PLUCKY RESCUE.

LIT/TLB GIRLS NARROW • ESCAPE. -%^ RESCUER RUN OVER AND' I_TJUR|]J A plucky rescue of a wee girl *_. ifitness.d in Dominion Road on Mb-oir morning, the rescuer being somewhat severely injured. Nearing the conilSr Valley Road, a'tram car and a gig, b6l_ cdnii_ig from town, were approaching at tR good pace. A standing horse And baft,linear the footpath, hid from the view a little girl of Six the {ait approaching car and gig. Stepping off the footpath, she essayed to cross the road, and immediately _11. found herself iltobst in .font of the approaching danger. To pfoceld meant being run down by the car, to retreat meant being knocked ddwfi By thlj?;| vehicle. A spectator of the little gill-''' dilemma was a young man, Mx S. K ■ Bush. Quick to appreciate her danger,-;" and quite regardless of the fist Be fin,--, he sprang to the child's assistance: Then; is a downhill run at this point, and '% S car and gig were' running abreast, the? gig travelling close to the car so as ti|??l clear the cart which was standing hy tit |3? ■footpath. This meant that there WM no room to Spare anywhere on the left; band side of the rood between the trail rails and the footpath, for, at tha #18 inent when Mr Bush rushed forward* tMJjy cart, gig and tram were all jh_t about ||B line. Moreover, neither the motormaa nor the driver had the opportunity' of;J' even attempting to apply brake power, since the movements of the child were not apparent until she darted right fits-:" from in front of the standing vehicle." Crossing the rails in front of the &fr\ proaching car, Mr Bush seized the child,", and had barely time to throw her dear." of danger before he himself went down under the hoofs of the horse which was being driven in the gig. He was struclj j;; by the shaft of the vehicle, and whill > on the ground one of the wheels passed J over his body. Fortunately, it was a ;i very light conveyance, or he would nave; probably been more seriously injured. As it was, he was picked up in a .effiiconscious condition, and medical assistance had te be summoned. He was attended to by Dr. Moir. and found to be' suffering from a dislocated Collarbone and other injuries. Mr Bush was 66ft* veyed to his home in Beresford Street, and wall, the doctor says, be incapacitated for a month at least. The little girl escaped injury.