Magnificent Heroism.

Feilding Star, Volume I, Issue 138, 10 December 1906, Page 2

Magnificent Heroism.

It is difficult to appreciate to the full the magnificen heroism of Mr Harold Simpson, a reired member of he London Stock Exchange, at the Bishop'sroad Station of the London Meropolitan Railway, the other day. He was walking along the platform with his cousin, a lady of about forty years of age, when she suddenly fell on the metals in front of an incoming train. There was no time for rescue, little time for thought even, as Mr Simpson jumped on the track, fell down alongside his cousin, and held her head down on the metals as the train passed over the pair. As soon as the driver could pull up he went back to the couple, over whom the engine and two carriages had passed. He found Mr Simpson with one hand cut off and his cousin apparently uninjured, although it was subsequently ascertained that she had suffered severe internal injuries. There are many tales of heroism in the history of the British race, many instances of bravery in the face of overwhelming odds, many cases of remarkable presence of mind exercised under the most adverse conditions, but it would be difficult to imagine anything grander than Buch a case of facing almost certain death in the forlorn hope of beng able to save the life of another. When the mail left both victims were reported to be in a serious condition, but everyone who reads of this brave deed will wish that not only the lady, but her great rescuer, will survive the terrible ordeal he faced for humanity's sake.