Hundred of Salford Humane Society, 2nd type, silver, reverse engraved ‘Jas. Ross 1895’, good very fine £50-£70

James Ross was awarded the Silver Medal of the Hundred of Salford Humane Society for saving a little girl from drowning. A contemporary newspaper account adds some more detail:

‘A child rescued from drowning in Salford.- A gallant rescue from drowning took place on Monday evening in Salford. About six o’clock a child, named Ethel Daniel, six years of age, whose parents live at 4, Walker-street, Salford, fell into the Irwell near Springfield-lane Bridge. A man, named James Ross, of 100, St. Simon-street, pluckily jumped into the river and rescued the child in a unconscious condition. She was taken to a house, and Police-constable Turner applied “first aid” remedied so skilfully that she recovered consciousness in about 20 minutes. The child was then taken home, and on being examined by Dr. Ward that gentleman said she would soon be none the worse for the immersion.’