RESCUED FROM DROWNING.
A CO-OPERATivE.WOrJiER'S BRAVERY: IBT lELEGItAI'iI—SPECIAL CpBRESPOXDENT.) ' VChrl3tchu7cli, March 19. The Otira correspondent of tho "Press" telegraphs . that a man named Thomas O'Learv,; engaged on tho Arthur's Pass tunnel ..'works,''.while, fording the Otira (which was in flood) was carried away ,by the'current,' and gripped • a wire attached to a foot-bridge which'had; been- swept away earlier -..in.\tne ( /day.' Jaines Brady, a cooperative worker, rushed into tho water, but:was - immddinitoljr carried down the stream. Returning, lie again attempted to"..rescue O'Leary, but was once more,earned off his feet, and .dashed-among the ooulders, being much,knocked about. O'Leary still clutched the wire,, but' sank, and was visibly drowning. For the third time Brady clashed into the Swirling flood,''arid with fast-diininisbbi;-; strongth.. brought tho unconscious nian to shore, when ho. was soon brought round. O'Leary declares lie would neve'!' have como oat" but for Brady's gallant assistance.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 151, 20 March 1908, Page 7
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143RESCUED FROM DROWNING. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 151, 20 March 1908, Page 7
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