HERO'S MODESTY
i HOW A NAYAI, OFFICER TOLD HIS . I ■STOUT. r . •. Lieutenant Harry 'Vernon Seddall ( ' ; Royal Naval Reserve,, gave evidence at a Chatham inquest on Juno 27, on John Alorrison, who had been.a Scottish crof- : ter, became a deck-hand, and was drowned in the Medway on his first (rip. Morrison, said. Lieutenant Scddall, fell ' off a buoy when his vessel was being moored and he could not swim. A fresh wind was blowing and the water was ' choppy. Two officers plunged after him but only one reached him. This officer got hold of him but was .pulled down as j ho was struggling violently. Both rose ' j to tho surface and the officer got hold of. j Morrison again but ivas pulled down ones ] more. Tho officer then lost him and was j unconscious when taken out. The coroner: What -was the officer's i name? . j Tho -witness (modestly): Seddall, sir. ( The coroner (smiling): Indeed, I ceo-* gratulatc you. ' = The jurors: Hear, hear. __ .j
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3173, 25 August 1917, Page 7
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