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DESERVES A MEDAL
Drowning Woman Rescued From Canal
Rescuer Had Difficulty in Getting Out of the Water Owing to the Ice
[Welland Telegraph, 12 March 1912]
David H. Herdman, grocer, Dain City, on Friday certainly earned for himself the right to a Carnegie medal in saving the life of Mrs. Hennessey. This lady had gone down to the canal to draw a pail of water when the ice gave way and she was plunged in the cold current.
Herdman heard her screams and rushed out, taking a rope with him. He jumped into the canal and placed the rope around her body. A number had gathered, and with some difficulty succeeded in pulling her out. Herdman himself was rescued with some difficulty for he could not get out of the ice. He was finally brought to shore by means of a rope.
Mrs. Henessey, who had been in the water for some time, and who had floated for a considerable distance down stream, was nearly gone when she was brought to land. Artificial respiration was administered by workers at the canal side and Doctor Colbeck was summoned from Welland. Many people say that Mr. Herdman was one of the bravest ever recorded in this county.
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