A Brave Lad.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4504, 16 December 1909, Page 2

A Brave Lad.

London, December 14- 'r King Edward received and P r sW’ sented the Albert Medal to Toni Lewis, 14 years old, a lad who at Newport on July 25th, crawled into a small hole 30ft underground to endeavour to rescue two men who J were imprisoned by a lanoslip at the Alexandra Dock Extension ■ Works. He worked head, down- > wards for two hours, sawing at beam which blocked the way of escape, but a further collapse killed one man. the other, who was only rescued by amputation of his logs, ~ died shortly after.