RESCUED FROM HARBOUR.
GIRL’S GALLANTRY,
Miss Annie Lundgren, a young factory worker, of 29, Admiralty Street, Leith, was walking to her work in August when her attention was drawn to a man struggling in Leith Harbour. She ran to a flight of steps leading to the water, threw off her coat, and plunged to the rescue. She succeeded in keeping the mail afloat until a lifebuoy was thrown to her. This she passed over the man’s head and shoulders. and then she pushed him through the water until the steps were reached. Roth were pulled to safety none the worse for their immersion. The man. John Tod, aged 58, of Edinburgh, had been standing on the edge of the harbour peering at some object in the water when lie overbalanced and fell
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 263, 5 October 1936, Page 4
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132RESCUED FROM HARBOUR. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 263, 5 October 1936, Page 4
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