"On the 19th December, 1877, H.M.S. _Raleigh_ was running before a fresh
breeze at the rate of seven knots an hour off the Island of Tenedos,
when James Maker fell from aloft into the sea. Lieutenant Lewis E. Wintz
immediately jumped overboard and supported the man for twenty minutes at
considerable risk (not being able to reach the life-buoy). The man must
undoubtedly have been drowned (being insensible and seriously injured)
had it not been for the bravery of this officer."
[Illustration: CONSTABLE JOHN JENKINS.
_From a Photo. by Deneulain, Strand._]
CONSTABLE JOHN JENKINS. (E Division, Metropolitan Police
Force.)
"Constable John Jenkins was on duty on Waterloo Bridge at 2.45 a.m., on
the 14th July, 1882, when he saw a man mount the parapet and throw
himself into the river. Without hesitation, the constable unfastened his
belt, and jumped from the bridge after him. Notwithstanding a determined
resistance on the part of the would-be suicide, Constable Jenkins
succeeded in seizing the man and supporting him above water until both
were picked up some distance down the river by a boat, which was
promptly sent from the Thames Police Station. The danger incurred in
this rescue may be fairly estimated when it appears that the height
jumped was forty-three feet, the tide was running out under the arches
at the rate of six miles an hour, and a thick mist covered the river, so
much so as to render it impossible to see any object in the centre of
the river from either side. The place where the men entered the water
was a hundred and seventy yards from shore."
[Illustration: WALTER CLEVERLEY.
_From a Photo. by W. J. Robinson, Landport._]