BRAVERY RECOGNISED.
At the Missions to Seamen Institute-* la^t evening Siv Hobei-fc Stout (Chief. Justicb> prosonted Cecil Ellison (ago fifteen) with '» framed , cortilkalo of tho Royal Humane Society for'^eaving life. On the occasion, under notice, Ellison and two otßer'bbss* Hurt and Curlow, were capsized from a twelve-foot. Bailing boat In tho harbour. . Tho capsized boat would nob support tho weight of the three boys, so Ellison,- afterassisting Cuylow on to the bottom, volun* tecred to swim ashore for assistance With- * his weight gono tho skip kopt afloat, and' Hart and Ci^rlew yroro eventually pickedup by two Harbour Board employees., Ellison had a hard ew/im to the Boat Har* hour, whci'o he was picked up in a very] exhausted condition. Sir Robert, in th» course of a short address, said that them was not a more noblo thing known, to humanity tlmn i tho saving of lifo. The civilisation of a nation was judged by it 3 value qf human life, and those nations which had tho 'highest regard for it stoixj liigkesfc. Sir Robert read the certificate! and ,handed it over to Ellison.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 131, 30 November 1911, Page 3
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183BRAVERY RECOGNISED. Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 131, 30 November 1911, Page 3
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