BRAVE DUTCHMAN'S DIVE.
GALLANT RESCUE ATTEMPT.
A Dutchman's heroism was warmly commented upon at a London coroner's court at tho inquest on Frederick Gill, a labourer, who jumped from a steamer into the Thames. Mr. Cornells Hendnckus Roodnap, of Amsterdam, second mate of the vessel, said that he heard shouts of "man overboard on the starboard side," and saw Gill being carried away by the ' A man threw a line, which caught under Gill's chin, but tho latter made no effort to catch hold of it, and he also ignored a lifebuoy that was thrown at him. "I then took off my coat and boots and' dived in after him. ' Roodnap continued, "but he had sunk before I could reach him." _ , The coroner complimented Roodnap on his braverv, and said that he would communicate 'with the Royal Humane Bocietv with a view to getting some recognition for what he did. The jury also commended Mr. Roodnap.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18879, 29 November 1924, Page 2 (Supplement)
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156BRAVE DUTCHMAN'S DIVE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18879, 29 November 1924, Page 2 (Supplement)
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