TO AID A HERO.
BLIND LIFE-SAVER HONORED. I>ER PRESS ASSOCIATION.! WAIHI, May 31. At a concert last night Mr W. Moran, wlio bravely rescued a man who was being carried to sea iat Bowento-wn Heads at Christmas, and who was
awarded the Humane Society’s gold medal, was presented by the Mayor, on behalf of the public of Waihi. with a gold medal and clock. Mr Moran kept his companion above water for over .two hour. They were event, tally hauled on shore in an exhausted e-n----dition. A month ago Mr Moran res rendered totally blind by an explosion in a mine. The concert- was given in his aid.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3233, 1 June 1911, Page 3
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108TO AID A HERO. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3233, 1 June 1911, Page 3
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