A LIVING LADDER
LABOURER'S HEROISM '/■
SAVES FAMILY FROM FIRE.
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<AUSTIULIAJJ-N3W ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, 4th February. A thrilling story of the heroism of a labourer named M'Greevy is Teported from Belfast, where a. father, mother, and five children were entrapped on the top floor of a burning building pendin°the arrival of the brigade ° No ladders were long enough to reach the window. M'Greevy climbed the Toof by another route, dropped down upon the window ledge, his feet outswung and formed a human link to the ladder over which all the occupants who wero in night attire, clambered to safety Cheering crowds watched the recue after which M'Greevy was completely' ex-
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 31, 6 February 1925, Page 7
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113A LIVING LADDER Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 31, 6 February 1925, Page 7
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