HARBOUR RESCUE
Bravery of a Boy By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, January 25. The bravery of John Todds, aged 13, saved Peter Mouritsen, aged 7, from certain drowning in the harbour ar Ra-vensbourne last evening. The boy Mouritsen was fishing at the jetty when he fell into deep water. His companion called for help, and the boy Todds, though fully clothed and only a learner at swimming, plunged in and brought the unconscious boy to the piles where, himself exhausted, he hung on till both were rescued by a dinghy.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 104, 26 January 1935, Page 6
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89HARBOUR RESCUE Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 104, 26 January 1935, Page 6
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