TWO BRAVE ACTS IN ONE DAY.
SAVES MADE FROM FIRE AND FROM WATER. Per Press Association. DA RG AVI LEE. November 19. A fire last night in the operating box at the Pukehuia Settlers' Hall destroyed film to the value of £SOO. A picture performance was proceeding when a film caught fire, igniting ether film in the room. While the operator. Currie, was extinguishing the reel in use, a young man named 11. Snowden courageously rushed into the operating box and carried out the blazing film, being severely' burned in the act. The picture performance was being given under the auspices of the V.M.C.A., who have been particularly unfortunate recently, as only a little over; a month ago they had a quantity of film destroyed in the Town Hall, which was totally destroyed by •'fire. Beyond the loss of film and the damage to the operating box and projecting machine, no other serious damage was done to the present hall. The young man Snowden was also the hero of another courageous act in the afternoon, when he rescued a young girl from drowning in the Vairoa River, near the scene of the fire.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17698, 19 November 1925, Page 7
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