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New Zealand Tablet, Volume X, Issue 499, 3 November 1882, Page 9

The Freeman says :— A sensational incident occurred at Luc-sur-Jter recently, in which Mr. Patrick Egan, the able treasurer of the Land League, played a prominent and brave part. About eleven o'clock in the day two ladies were bathing close to tbe shore. The tide was nearly full, and as the place looks directly out on the English Channel the waves rolled in roughly with a brisk breexe. One of the ladies lost her footing, and in her struggles was quickly cairied into deep water. The other lady, in trying to save her companion, was also carried beyond her depth. Their cries attracted the attention of Mr. Egan and a French gentleman who happened to be passing at .the moment. Recognising the critical position of the ladies, both gentlemen courageously sprang to their rescue. Only waiting to divest themselves of their coate, Mr. Bgan and bis friend plunged into the water, and after great difficulty succeeded in bringing the ladies, who were in a most exhausted state, to shore. The usual restoratives were applied, but one of the ladies died in three hours after her immersion. The other, however, we are glad to say, recovered. We can readily believe that the heroic conduct of our countryman and his companion has been the subject of the highest enconiums among the people of the French watering-place.