BRAVE YOUNG SCOUT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21165, 23 April 1932, Page 12

BRAVE YOUNG SCOUT.

dies helping comrade. BOTH BOYS DROWNED. Two scouts were drowned in George's River, Glenfield, a few miles from Sydney, on April 9. One boy was swimming and got out of his depth. The other scout attempted to save him, and was drowned. Jack Reynolds, aged 10 years, and Bruce Smith, aged nine years, were members of a troop of scouts from Marriekville, who were spending the day at George's River. Many of tlie scouts could swim, but the two who were drowned had not learned to swim. Smith got out of his depth and Reynolds made a brave attempt to rescue him. Both struggled and sank. Cub George Charlton, 10 years of age, also attempted a rescue, but was seized with cramp and failed. The two boys were members of the first Marrickville troop, which was having a bush parade in charge of Cub-Instructor Erskine King, . who has been connected with the troop for more than two and a-half years. The programme laid out was for bushcraft at Casula, but the train in which the troop travelled went through to Glenfield. This altered their programme, and the water enticed the boys. The instructor had marked off an area for the boys to swim. The river at Glenfield was deceptive.