WOMAN'S PLUCKY ACT
■ SAVED sBUR^IMQ"
(Special to the " Evenin"{f Post.")
vPALMERSTON'N;^SDhasiay.r
";'Ho\y a woman pluckily- saved a bridge, from 'being "burnt;.vwas' related at the meeting of the • Woodville County Council yesterday ;by ■ the engineer (Mr. W. J; Hawkes), who stated that but • lor the prompt action aM untiring effpris of.' NLvs. -T-.--;H.-"Wil-iiains;/;|J structure ■ f-'oh Sa|fdle'.i: Rokd which; had feeeri s,et aii'ght By 'Bufc fires biazirigj in- the vicinity: must "Have" been destroyed. :■..:-■.:■:.:' Mrs. Williams* who is-the wife of one of the county counciilqrs, noticing that-the bridged was alight, instructed one of her small .sons to teleplione .to the..c6\inty; T dfficeJfbr,.hel^ and then hurried ..down -to the. ijridgp,.; jvyhich. was biasing meraly r ;jWorkingAin<der;.niuch difficulty,, fof' tlieV,most : Ear't r-from;'the bed of .the-s'tfearril' vshe-.maaaged-to. check the.fire,and save theubridge/ , The county chaiimaii ■; (Captain M..i O. Grainger), when referring to.: Mrs. j Williami's ■ plucky; action,- said, -it was most remarkable that • a woman • iiad, single^handed, ; e.xti^guislied, 4te -fire^ , : It was depidedfto'sepdMrlirWiliiams a- letter ; .<of appreciatipni ?■ ■. ■.■;■■;:-
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19350209.2.127
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 34, 9 February 1935, Page 11
Word Count
161WOMAN'S PLUCKY ACT Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 34, 9 February 1935, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in