DYING RESCUER'S CRY
Within a few minutes of saving a bather from drowning off Eling Quay, Southampton, recently, Captain John William Cronan, last of tho River Test pilots, was dead. Captain Cronan, who was 65, lived at Tottan, and in his day had saved hundreds of peoplo. Ho was in his rowing-boat when he heard a shout for help from James Stebbings, aged 20. Captain Cronan pulled to his assistance, dragged him on board and rowed ashore. Then ho collapsed and fell backward into the water. Ho died on the way to hospital, and his last words were: "Look after my boat."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22540, 3 October 1936, Page 5 (Supplement)
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102DYING RESCUER'S CRY New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22540, 3 October 1936, Page 5 (Supplement)
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