INDIAN BOY SCOUTS
Some remarkable work was accomplished by Indian Boy Scouts when floods swept the Central Provinces. The troop of Gwari-Ghat had some motor-lorries at the edge of the flood waters, and waded in to bring the belongings of the victims to the lorries. There was one group of people whose only way to safety was across a railway bridge, already knee-deep in water, and in danger of being carried away at any moment. There was no protection to hold on to, yet the boys crossed and recrossed the bridge all day long, carrying with them, not only the belongings of these people, but many of th© people themselves, who were took weak or too terrified to cross alone. Then, as the floods subsided, the boys set to work to clear away the mud which had accumulated in and around the houses, finding and saving lost valuables and making the houses fit to live* in one© more.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 409, 18 July 1928, Page 6
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