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MILLIONAIRE’S GALLANTRY. LONDON, July 26. A millionaire’s, dash on horseback to save his chauffeur and family was one of the most thrilling rescue incidents of the Yorkshire floods. Coastguards vainly attempted to rescue with rocket apparatus the chauffeur, Ernest Fletcher, and his wife and child, who were marooned in a house surrounded by a raging torrent. Major H. R. Bell, Fletcher’s employer, rode into the water, and was almost swept away with his horse. He turned back, and after several attempts got through, with his horse almost swimming. The child was handed ouF of the window and carried to safety. Major 801 l also saved the mother and father.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21102, 12 August 1930, Page 9
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111FAMILY RESCUED Otago Daily Times, Issue 21102, 12 August 1930, Page 9
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