RESCUE FROM A BURNING HOUSE.
The death of Mrs Palensky, a Halcombc f .**»*J_mt, from burns received when her ;>w»» waa destroyed by fire, has already ,««a recorded. A correspondent of the Wugitikei Advocate" states that the poor "WM, despite the entreaties of the bvjwnaers. rushed into the burning house, and wt tor the presence of mind displayed by ,*r Fremont and Mr C. Wapp, together their heroic indifference to the conwquences to themselves when a life is in «™nent peril, the unfortunate woman «w have perished. As it was Mr Fromont £?£ * SaUaot effort to reacue her but inT?' How « ver * he succeeded in discover- «_ her whereabouts, and when he had suffifH\ I reco ™- re d from partial suffocation to ™P»rt the information Mr C. Wapp suc-«-»"Jl y completed the heroic rescue. Mrs* «lensky was then found to be very badly jjjnjj-d ab 9 ut tbe hoods, arms, head and
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10540, 29 December 1899, Page 5
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