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A BRAVE ACT.I»nve \% llliorii n I.■•!'* I.Hr ami |lt;MMullleeutly Hr»• arlt;li.l.Ah e\citili£ c|d«ode • went Ted betwe**n 7 and ■» o'clock U-t ••whiiiK ou mhiiH Market *tr**et. 111 which h prominent youm: .*olnred man nf llti1* city ucaln dndiinctibdicd lilin-nelf (or bravery am! probably *aved a life at tin* jeopardy of lit- own. A l»ore ami btiKKV ticlnn«ing 11• Mr. 1C W. Flack. ol th«* Xrw York llat comi»any. w.i- tar id in* in front ••! tin* latter'-, .-ton* on *»iith Market -trveI am! hr* wife »a. v*atnl in the vHih'Ii*. Somebody carde-dy threw : a ramwn lire-crarker unde* tlie Ihitm'V le*. am! tlie i*\plmiiHi maddened Hieanluial. In a twinkling lie wheeled around ami nlaMed up Market street toward Main at .» headlong pace. The lady i«vii|i«nl of the vehicle in great danger \l tht- moment 1*4' td Wtlliori!. tlie uell known and nervy colored j*.Iltel. tlarietl out ol the cinMd ' the horse t» tlie hit. and tinallt -iu* ireeled in topping him. although the plucky young man was dragged a consider aide distance, and *»' co\ere«l with mud.Mr Klark nvr Wllborn .Mi cents Have added another liait dollar t*. it belay and ; had hi* dot lie* cleaned.Wilboro I- naturally constituted f.*r deed j ol bravery at critical time*. Some year(%*:•» hr Nivrd I lie li'e of a traveling III AM AIHie depot and trie man gave him .» diamond pin ami told him he needn't want tor any i limn; long lie lived.I ------UN THE AVENUE.
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Springfield Daily Republic
Springfield, Ohio, US
Tue, Jul 05, 1887
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