HUMANE SOCIETY AWARDS.
WELLINGTON HARBOUR RESCUES. By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, July 23. Two presentations were made on behalf of the Royal Humane Society at to-night’s meeting of the Wellington Harbour Board. Mr L. P. Fox, caretaker of the Miramar Wharf, has twice rescued boys who fell off the wharf. He was presented with two letters of commendation. In one case, Mr Fox heard an alarm and ran to the spot, but was unable to find anybody. On seeing bubbles rising to the surface, he dived in, fully clothed, and found a boy in ten feet of water. Artificial respiration was successful. In the other case, Mr Fox was responsible for the rescue of a ooy who fell into thirty feet of water while fishing from the side of the wharf. He again dived in fully clothed, and brought the boy to shore. A framed certificate was awarded to Mr W. McGee, a waterside worker, of Hataitai, who brought a man out of the harbour on August 27th last, after diving into the water fully clothed.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18627, 24 July 1930, Page 11
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175HUMANE SOCIETY AWARDS. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18627, 24 July 1930, Page 11
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