A PLUCKY ATTEMPT.
Viscount Kelburne, eldest son and heir of his Excellency the Governor, who is a sublieutenant in H.M.S, Alexandra, distinguished himself during the recent naval manoeuvres by an attempt to Bave life. On July 20 The Times correspondent with the Alexandra wrote as follows :—" I regret to have to record an accident in torpedo-boat No. 65, by which her signalman lost his life. He appears to have slipped overboard backward, and being in sea-boots could not keep afloat. Thw sublieutenant in charge of the boat, "Viscount Kelburne, most pluckily jumped after him, but his gallant attempt to save a valuable life waa unsuccessful, the man sinking when his would-be rescuer was within a few yards of him." :
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5664, 8 September 1896, Page 2
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119A PLUCKY ATTEMPT. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5664, 8 September 1896, Page 2
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