PLUCKY RESCUE.
(By Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.) AuoMand, January 28. - A plucky rescue from - drowning took place at Birkenhead on Thursday afternoon last. The attention of Captain T. Stevens, of the scow Kapui (which was discharging timber alongside the wharf) was drawn to a startled' look or the face of a boy who was peering dowr at the'water, and'a moment later n cap was seen to float to the surface, followed by a'■ boy. Captain Stovcns ai once dived in just as tho boy was sinking for the third time, and, though there was a strong current running, In succeeded in bringing tho boy to tin shore. This is the. third timo that Captain Stevens has been tho means of saving life in Auckland Harbour.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1970, 29 January 1914, Page 7
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123PLUCKY RESCUE. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1970, 29 January 1914, Page 7
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