GIRL'S HEROISM.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 15 April 1907, Page 4

GIRL'S HEROISM.

Sill 1). AND LADY WILSON RESCUED iiV TUEIII DAUUIITEK. » One of the most dramatic ice accident- 1 which ha* occurred during the recent ,spells of frost look place near Tiverton, England. A number of people, including Sir J)avid and Lady Wilson and their daughter, were skat. nil on a broad streteli of ,ice which had formed on the Tiverton .and Bridgcwater Canal. Suddenly part .of the ice on which Sir David and Lady Wilson were skating gave way. and in a moment they were slruggl jig in teu feet of wafer. Shouts were rawed, and some men on the bank promptiy weiU for a rope, but before they could return Mi*s Wilson, seeing her parents' danger, skated tothe spot, and, plunging into the water, made an heroic attempt to save her mother at considerable risk to her own life.

It was impossible tor lu-r to lift Lady Wilson out of the water, but she held her mother's head up till help arrived.

A human chain was formed from the bank, the first link being formed by Mr Wakelield, who stretched himself Hat on the iee near the hole, and the second by Mr 11. Mudford, the Mayor of Tiverton. Miss "Wilson was still bravely holding her mother well onj of the water, and seeing that Sir David, who is in his sixly ninth year, was becoming exhausted, the rescuers first paid attention to him, dragging him srtfely out ol the water and passing li tn to the willing helpers on the bank. Lady Wilson wa< next taken out. and when Mi>* Wilson's turn came and Ax" was safely broiigh; to land, the crowd assembled on the bank and gave her a rousing cheer. Sir David and Lady Wilson and their daughter were happily non«» the for their adventure.