In a world where at present bravery and heroism are being measured in terms of naval and military prowess the acts of heroes in civil life are apt to go unrecorded and certainly unrewarded. Two instances of unusual heroism on the part of two Chinese have belatedly come to light and justify the telling. In the recent fire at Burkill Road when seven Chinese lost their lives, the hero was among the victims who perished. Ale was a young man who lived there with his family. When the fire started he immediately got most of his family out and returned to bring out his Wife. This he succeeded in doing, but as the flames spread and the fire reached its height he remembered his mother and went back to rescue her but it was too late. Neither the man nor his mother escaped alive.
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