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LT. LECKIE INJURED SAVING TWO AVIATORS.

Two Days at Sea - Forced to Drink Water From Radiator.

Flight Sub-Lieut. Robert Leckie, D.S.O., nephew of Mr. John Leckie of Toronto, and the first Canadian to bring down a Zeppelin, is in hospital in England suffering from poisoning as a result of drinking the water from the radiator of his machine.

The incident leading up to his illness forms one more illustration of the intrepid courage of our Canadian aviators. Lieut. Leckie, who is attached to the Naval Air Service, while making a flight in a seaplane, espied two aviators with their machine in the water. They were in danger of drowning. Lieut. Leckie at once went to their rescue and succeeded in getting them aboard his machine, but owing to the added weight and the heavy sea which was running, he was unable to rise again. With the two rescued men he was forced to remain at sea for two days, during which time he was obliged to drink the water from the radiator to assuage his thirst.

Lieut. Leckie is 26 years of age. He went overseas in September, 1915.