A BRAVE FRENCH WOMAN
Madame de l>eyeit. of Bailleval (Oise), braved death to rescue a fallen aviator. This woman (says our correspondent) is a splendid example of the heroism of I which the Frenchwoman Ls capable. She! was engaged in washing linen in a! stream, and from time to time looked up at an aeroplane cleaving the skies above her head. Suddenly she saw thej machine turn its nose earthward andi descend rapidly. Mine, de T.eyen forgot her task as she followed the aviator's! manoeuvres. The aeroplane came down somewhat abruptly not far from where she was standing, and capsized immediately it touched the ground, whereupon Mine. Le Ley en ran to the spot and made frantic efforts to extricate the aviator, who had sustained a broken thigh nnd whose clothes were already beiing licked by the flames. "Don't come near mc," he cried. "You will be killed. The reservoir may explode at any moment:" Heedless of the risk, Mme. Le Lcyen went on with her -ftork of rescue, and succeeded in getting him from beneath the wreckage. By that time several other persons had arrived on the scene, and the aviator was conveyed to a neighbouring house, where his injuries were attended to.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 137, 9 June 1917, Page 16
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