A PLUCKY RESCUE.
CHILD SAVED FROM DEATH.
By the bravery and promptitude of a young man, on Saturday, a little boy of about two years of age was saved from almost certain death in Wellington. The child was in charge of a young girl, but ran from her side and stopped on the tram track in front of a car which was rapidly running down the incline within 40yds of him. Immediately ho. was seen the motorman applied the brakes, and at the same moment a young man, who had been standing on the opposite footpath, rushed across the road, caught the child by one hand as he ran, and managed to clear the tramcar by a few 'inches. The car was pulled up over the very spot where the child was standing a moment before Death seemed a certainty till this unknown rescuer carried the child unharmed into safety.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15308, 22 May 1913, Page 8
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150A PLUCKY RESCUE. New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15308, 22 May 1913, Page 8
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