RESCUED FROM DROWNING.
CHILD SAVED BY YOUTH.
■'■• A smart rescue was performed at th«. swimming' poo] in the Woodhaugh Gas-'■■■■ d«m?j v Diniedin, on , Siitarday afternoon. A resident of »North>East Valley was walk- • jrig ■ toward . the ; pool when his attention was attracted :by a, shout from a man standing :on the": bank', who pointed down into the water,, crying out that hivcosld, not i Bwim. ;. The former at once dashed over the : bridge to the bank, and '-saw. a child about four or five years of ag* fast sinking in the water. • , - Before he could plunge in, ' however, iB. .'*'. young man suddenly appeared "on th* -■.'.- opposite bank, and, taking in the 'sitnar: - tion at a glance, dived in, swam i swiftly .. ;; across i the "pool;; and landed the chill. \ . safely on ■; the bffek. ,-■'-. In the : excitwaeEb. ..- which / followed, 'the rescuer disappears!!- / without leaving his name or waiting .fw.. :<. so■ much as a word of thanks," although'!; -* •his- clothes, must have been ruined of, : >j[ : immersion in the water. ■• > ;£."■■■..''
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18297, 13 January 1923, Page 10
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168RESCUED FROM DROWNING. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18297, 13 January 1923, Page 10
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