GALLANT GRANDPA
A wonderful tale of heroism has been told in Melbourne by Mr. L. J. Howell, a missionary on holiday from Papua. One day when he was paddling down one of the waterways leading to the Purari River, 160 miles west of Port Moresby, he came to a native village where the entire population met him in a state of wild excitement bringing to him a little girl who was unconscious. They told him that the child had been paddling in the water when she was seized by a crocodile and dragged to the bottom of the river. Her grandfather, who was near by. grabbed a paddle of a canoe, dived after the crocodile, and somehow or other managed to wrench the little girl away from it and bring her to the surface. The old man was not hurt after his terrifying experience, but the little one had both legs broken; But what amazed the missionary was the fact that the hero of the story had no idea that he had done anything remarkable by attacking the crocodile single-handed!
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23333, 29 April 1939, Page 9 (Supplement)
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180GALLANT GRANDPA New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23333, 29 April 1939, Page 9 (Supplement)
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