An infuriated • swan attacked I). Guye, amateur sculling 'thampicu, as he finished a , practice burst on tha regatta course at Henley, England,, tint!! .almost cost hmi his ’life. The swan, which was accompanied by thf female and four cygnets, attacked so furiously that. Guye dived / into the water, and kept on < diving underneath un'il watermen drove, the swan bfli. Ha was dangerously,.weak w'hen lie was taken out, and the swan had capsized his boat. Love of horses saved the life of Robert Eioedner. of-St. Louis (United States!. He sold Ids : horse and bought a motor c.av, but kept’his horse trough full for thirsty horses .passing along the read. AYlieh his .clothing, caught five -in a' petrol . fire ho jumped! into the trough and extinguished'dihe flames,
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 12140, 30 December 1933, Page 12
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