BRAVE ACTION
ATTEMPT TO AVERT ’ ACCIDENT By Telegraph.—Press association. Christchurch, January 10. Seeing a little girl running a scooter along a tramline in Addington this evening, and a tram bearing down upon her, Gertrude Taylor, a young woman, rushed across the road to save ' her. The motorman applied the brakes, but •the child was caught by the tram and carried fifteen feet. Miss Taylor, however, was knocked over and received injuries to her head and a fractured leg, being in a serious condition when admitted to hospital.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 87, 11 January 1928, Page 8
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87BRAVE ACTION Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 87, 11 January 1928, Page 8
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