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Double Hero, 73, Saves Gfirl, 2, Mr. and Mrs. John Payton comfort two-year-old Peggy Deacon after John, a 73-year-old former English policeman who 43 (...)
Double Hero, 73, Saves Gfirl, 2, Mr. and Mrs. John Payton comfort two-year-old Peggy Deacon after John, a 73-year-old former English policeman who 43 (...)

Double Hero, 73, Saves Gfirl, 2, Mr. and Mrs. John Payton comfort two-year-old Peggy Deacon after John, a 73-year-old former English policeman who 43 (...)

Date1/24/1964
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Original Toronto Star caption: Double Hero; 73; Saves Gfirl; 2; Mr. and Mrs. John Payton comfort two-year-old Peggy Deacon after John; a 73-year-old former English policeman who 43 years ago won a Royal Lifesaving Medal for saving a woman from drowning; had pulled Peggy from icy Highland Creek.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0009136F
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