CHILD SAVED FROM DROWNING
CONSTABLE’S PROMPT ACTION. Electric Telegraph—Press Association PALMERSTON N., February 14. But for the prompt action of Constable J. Bowman, Marton, a fatality might have occurred in the Rangitikei River at Onepuhi Bridge on Sunday afternoon. Fully clothed, Constable Bowman waded into the river and rescued a little girl who had fallen into a deep hole. Constable and Mrs Bowman were sitting near the river when the two and a half-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs R. Cooper, Marton, wandered along the river bed and stepped into a hole. So far as is known, only 7 Constable and Mrs Bowman, who were about 80 yards away, witnessed the mishap.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14068, 15 February 1939, Page 5
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