j: Awarded to Father Lowham, : 'Seldom has the medal of tho Eoyal Humane Society been awarded for more heroic action than that performed by tho licv. John Lowham, Clonard Monastery, Belfast, At 1.15 ou a dark morning in Decem ber Father Lowham was roused from sleep by screams, ovidoutly thoso of a woman, proceeding from tho Clonard •Bam, a sheet of water fouled by rofuse and ten feet deep, Throwing on some outer garments he' rushed to the water's edge, but thero was no means of locating tho drowning person except a faint cry from out the. inky darkness. Without hesitation he jumped into the treacherous pond, whose waters were half-frozen, and after a short 'swim gained the woman's side only to be clutched by the throat with despairing energy, Being of powerful build 'ho freed himself, and succeeded in bringing •the poor creature to the bank, On receiving (ho medal at the hands of the Lord Mayor of Belfast, recently, Father Lowham said the honour was undeserved, scciug that he only obeyed the instincts of humanity and tried to do his duty, and that had he not tried to save the woman lie would havo branded himself as a coward for ever.
