LEGACY OF £50,000.
GIRL'S BRAVERY REWARDED. AFTER .25 YEARS. . BOSTON. July 11. , Twenty-five-years y ago .a !; young!; lady named Miss Clara ; Beckwbrth ■: heard cries for help, and rushing in the direction of the voice, found a man struggling in 5 the water. !,v Without - hesitation ; she ' plunged bravely, in, ! and brought : him safely to shore.' The name of the rescued man was Theodore Tibbetts, a ; wealthy lealihor manufacturer, of s ; Lynn, Massachusetts.! ' Miss Beckworth is ' now Mrs. Clara May Miller. . She .-' had almost ;" forgotten her feat of 25 years ago till "a letter! reached her the other day. The letter was from Mr.' Tibbetts' solicitors, v; and informed her that Mr. Tibbetts had died, and had left her £50,000. ' -';■/
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18460, 25 July 1923, Page 9
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119LEGACY OF £50,000. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18460, 25 July 1923, Page 9
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