A Brave Act
.Per United Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, March 17. Captain Juan, .secretary to the Royal Humane Society, has received an application for tin* Society’s ivrogjvition of services jvndered by .Mister Cordon Sanderson, of Timaru. 1 b yours of age, in saving the life of Nellie Kli/a Hunt, a lilUo prim iii her tenth year at Ashburton on January -alii. Tin* girl had I«m*h lifted off ner fei i by Ihe rapid current of the Ashburton river, mid carried down stream, and it was only ihe plucky and prompt action of young Sanderson, under most hazardous circumstances, which saved her from drowning.
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Southland Times, Issue 19768, 19 March 1906, Page 2
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102A Brave Act Southland Times, Issue 19768, 19 March 1906, Page 2
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