A BRAVE DEED.
A DIFFICULT RESCUE. By Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright. (Received 'April 18, 11.45 a.m.) NEW YORK, April 17. During a boarding-house fire a attempted to escape over a roof, but fell and was killed: another was descending when the ladder broke. Captain Smith, of the fire brigade, sus-r pended by his feet from a window, caught him and held him safely until another ladder was procured anil the man saved. The death roll was 11.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 61, 18 April 1914, Page 11
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77A BRAVE DEED. Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 61, 18 April 1914, Page 11
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