HEROISM COMMENDED
THAMES RIVER RESCUE PRAISED BY CORONER. “PROUD TO BE BRITISH.” “A magnificent example of British heroism” was how the South London coroner, Mr A. Douglas Cowburn, described the rescue efforts made by a policeman, who had been in the force only six months, and an ambulance
Mr Cowburn was holding an inquiry at Southwark into the death of Frederick George Wilkins, aged 77, an inmate of Westminster Institution. It was stated that Police-Constable William Paxton, aged 22, saw Wilkins struggling in the Thames near the Albert Embankment. Stopping only to take oil' his helmet and overcoat, the constable dived in. He held Wilkins, but had to let go because of exhaustion, when George Henry Turnbull, aged 35, ambulance attendant, jumped in and kept Paxton afloat until they and Wilkins were picked up by boats. “It makes one proud of being an Englishman when one hears splendid stories of this kind,” remarked the coroner. He recorded a verdict of "suicide while the balance of mind was disturbed.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 April 1938, Page 8
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