The Potteries Examiner : — 1872-03-02 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

ROLL OF THE BRAVE.  At a meeting of the Royal Humane Society Ise following cases of easing lifefrom drowning in various parts of the world were hron 'lst under the notice of the committee and rewarded --The bronze medallion was unanimously voted to Daniel Murphy, able seaman of her Majesty's ship Immortalite, for saving Mr. Archibald Forrester, engineer of the Baum ship, who fell overboard in six fathoms of water off Ports. month on a dark cold night in November last. The officer of the watch witnessed the accident, and raised a cry of "mass overboard" when Daniel Murphy came on deck and, hearing that an officer had fallen overboard, immediately plunged into the water, and, after considerable difficulty, swam to the drowning 13.11, the ebb tide running very strong at the time, and it being intensely dark. Seizing Mr. Forrester, he held him up until a shore boat which happened to be near picked them both up and took them alongside, and they were taken on board very much exhausted. On the recommendatien of the Lords of the Admiralty, the bronze medallion was also voted to Harry F. Williams, steward of leer Majesty's ship Duke of Wellington, who jumped overboard from the steam launch Elfin to the rescue of Sophia Mayne on the 9th of January last, ' off Gosport. The woman accidentally fell I into the water, the night being dark, and a strong ebb tide running. An alarm was raised, and Williams gismos into the water and struck out in the direction he thought it most probable she was. He reached her, and with much difficulty kept her above water, as she was perfectly insensible, but ultimately succeeded in swimming with her to the landing-stage. The bronze medallion was also presented to Bennett Stephens, able seaman of her ' Majesty's ship Royal Adelaide, for saving John Davis, who fell overboard at Devonport, on the 13th ult. The man Davis was going out on the lesser boom in order to get into the cutter, when ho slipped, and fell into the water. He was unable to swim, and had a heavy waterproof coat and leggings on at the time. Bennett Stephens, am* ing his situation, jumped out of one of the main deck ports, and succeeded in keeping him afloat until a boat was sent to their assistance. The tide was at half flood, and was running moderately strong. The height of the main deck ports from which Stephens jumped is about 20 feet above the water line. The bronze medallion was also given to Francis Hanlon, of the Royal Irish constabulary, for caving Michael Magrath, who fell into the river Suir, Clonmel, on the evening of the let of November last; to William White, for saving two boya named James Ferby and Matthew Longstaff, who fell through the ice into the river Swale, at Richmond, Yorkshire, on the 10th of December last; and to James Gouchor, for easing Thome. Wynn, who fell into the river Severn, at Shrewsbury, on 14th ult. Valuable testimonials were also presented to Henry Sanderson, for saving Thomas Manley, who fell into the river Aire, at Leeds, on the 11th nit., and to James Warren, for saying Edward Hahne, who fell into the water at Monton Eccles, on the 24th ult. ; and pecuniary rewards of various amounts to Jane Phillips, for saving Lucy Marsh; to Francis Coghlan for Raving George Beadle, who attempted suicide in the Regent's Canal; and to William Beaton, for saving James Jewell.  Being supplied in packets, uniform good quality, wholesomeness, and rea/ cheapness is guaranteed to purchasers of Hornimcrn's Pure Teo. 2,538 Agents.