A YOUTHFUL HERO.
EXCITING INCIDENT AT NEW LYNN. An act of remarkable heroism -was performed a few days ago by a,boy of 11 years of age, by which a child of five years was saved from an almost certain death. A number f of school children were playing about a railway bridge near Titirangi Road, New Lynn, and a little boy, .Edward Dyer, wandered on to the bridge in front of a train which was approaching down a hill at a considerable speed. .The child was almost paralysed with fear, and fell across the rails, clutching them tightly in his dread. Seeing the train close upon him. and taking in the situation at a glance, a boy named Alexander Baron, 11 years of age, rushed on to the bridge, and taking up the frightened child in his arms, jumped into some thick scrub below, just as the train dashed past. Both children luckily came out without a scratch. Mr...John Gardner, of New Lynn, on learning of Baron's splendid action, has forwarded to the Herald office 10s, as the nucleus of a fund to reward the lad for his heroism.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15167, 5 December 1912, Page 7
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189A YOUTHFUL HERO. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15167, 5 December 1912, Page 7
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