FIREMAN'S BRAVE FEAT.
John Paxton, fireman oti the steamship Swedish Prince when tho vessel wan shelled on August 17 last by a U-boat in the Mediterranean, has been award® ed the Hoyai Humane Society's Stanhope Gold Medal and £5 for the most gallant feat of the year, In the hiii'l7 to abandon tno j*hip jfaxton was left with three other men. I'hough there was a high wind and a heavy sea ho jumped . overboard jukl called on the first man to follow. He tuen swam with him to'the nearest boat. Paxton rescited the other twb ?rt the sam<* wa^
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Bruce Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 43, 4 June 1917, Page 1
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99FIREMAN'S BRAVE FEAT. Bruce Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 43, 4 June 1917, Page 1
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