Brave Conduct of a Fireman. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Monday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2061, 22 September 1885, Page 2

Brave Conduct of a Fireman. [ BY TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Monday.

\s ,i billn-t ti.mi was, i»n S.itmd.iy .iftei noun, appioaching Silseistie.ini stitiou fioin the Upper Hutt, the duvei and rir.Mii.vn noticed .1 child of K. H.itf.ui -, ttfM IS months m tlie centie of the lino The bi.iku- wore nut on liaid, but as there i-> .vi incline at tln»pnt .uid there was a hea\y load on .it tlie tune, the train could not be <»toppod. Tntiukeriuttei* worse, tlit'inotht'i-, ;il.vrni>d by tlie >luill niched out and j,'ot on the ttack, but Mnnehow foitun.itely crot off when the ti .1111 \\as ju->t upon hoi. When the engine was within a yard or two of the child, and when those who were looking on tinned aw.iy to avoid witnessing the siekenin? sifjlit, the hieniin, at the imminent daiißPi" of hi-t own life, jumped off, and with a bound whipped the child off the hue, but befoie he could #'t clear was stmck heiwh on the leff by the cow catchei. _^_^_^__^_.^ll_