OCTOGENARIAN HERO
SAVES WOMAN FROM DROWNING.
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(AUSTRALIAS-KEW ZEALAND OABLB ASSOCIATION.) PARIS, 17th March. JJ. Descoins, a retired tradesman 85 years of age, was smoking his pipe a j, Asnieres-on-Seine when he saw a woman drop into the river. He dashed out, took a header, swam somo distance and managed to catch the woman by the h-iir and save her. Without wai'tino- he ran home and double-locked his" door fearing congratulations.
M. Descoins has previously won several medals for life-saving at sea including one for rescuing three people in one day.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 66, 18 March 1924, Page 7
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93OCTOGENARIAN HERO Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 66, 18 March 1924, Page 7
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