BOY’S HEROISM
eight with crocodile. RESCUEP VICTIMS DIE. 1 ; - June 7. A. message-from Poit.or ripain, Trini-dad,-says ijtat nows of a dramatic tight coetween a . boy and a ;.eroeod,iie in the oaiiv. F-ernando:River; Venezuela, reached there to-da j% ’ , -Ramon -El Roy, a 14-year-old lad, saw a smaller '.playmate dive into the river, almost,, irito. the.open jaws of the '.jroeodi-e; ./Raniori’ dashed in jand. beat tlie reptile..over the. head, forcing it. to release dfis victiiri. The, pluqky boy managed to take the younger laid, to the ehoie, but another -radywho his - assistance, whs rilso seized hy . the crocodile. Agairi'.Rainon, da shed into the water and; foughjb) the.. monster above and below water, for - his second playmate. Everituh-lyrho triuniphed and took the second .ooy ..to theoshore. Both victim®, ‘hoyvever; died.i ..'.y - ; Ramon idiimeelf was covered with lacerations and cuts,, but is friaking a rapid recover}-.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 June 1933, Page 8
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142BOY’S HEROISM Hokitika Guardian, 20 June 1933, Page 8
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