…to the Rescue !
( February, 1860…)
Nathaniel Creswick
That help, fortunately for him, was at hand…
The Right Man was in the Right Place…
Nathaniel Creswick Esq…
with
…admirable courage & presence of mind…
…at once began his daring rescue…
Up to his chin in freezing cold water & having hold of the end of a pole, he seized the drowning man, & sustained him above water until those who held the other end of the pole cautiously dragged him to the edge of the thick ice*…
The cheer which greeted Mr. Creswick as he landed on the sound ice with his man, would have warmed the heart of the most misanthropic mortal that ever existed…
It was a sudden & unanimous outburst of joy at the escape of a fellow-creature from a watery grave & admiration of the man who had displayed two of the noblest characteristics…
…Sympathy & Courage !
Never was the Medal of the Royal Humane Society** more heroically won…
A Noble Deed, Indeed…
“…We have Great Pleasure in chronicling a Noble & Manly Act which took place at the Upper Crooks dam, Sheffield, on the afternoon of Saturday last…
In consequence of the fineness of the day & the strength of the ice, hundreds had collected together for the purpose of enjoying the healthful recreation of skating & sliding…
All had gone without accident until nearly four o’clock when Master Billy Bardwell of Sheffield Moor skated onto the ice only for it to immediately give way & was at once out of his depth & quite unable to swim...
Several times his head disappeared under the water & without help a speedy death must have been inevitable…
Do tell on…
…The registerer of the first ever Goal in Footballing history !
Good gweif…
