SAVED BY A HORSE
LONDON, 26th July. A millionaire's dash on horseback to save his chauffeur and family was ono of the most thrilling rescue incidents of the Yorkshire floods.
Coastguards vainly attempted to rescue with locket apparatus the chauffeur, Ernest Fletcher, and his wife'and chile], marooned in a house surrounded by a raging torrent. Major H. B. Bell, Fletcher's employer, rode into ihe water, and was almost swept away with his horse. He turned back, and after several attempts got through, with his horse almost swimming.
Tho child was handed out of tho window and carried to safety. Major Bell also saved the mother aud father.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 35, 9 August 1930, Page 9
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