"BRAVE LITTLE SOUL."
» GAVE X.IFE FOR HER FRIEND. DOUBLE DROWNING FATALITY. (Bj Telegraph—Press WANGANUI, this day. A verdict of accidental drowning was returned in connection with the double fatality that happened at Putiki on Thursday, whereby two girls, Elizabeth McLean and Cicely Leigh, lost their lives. The coroner referred to the heroism displayed by Cicely Leigh, and said she was a brave little soul, who gave her life in endeavouring to save her friend. The coroner also praised the action of the two women, who could not swim, twho walked in up to the neck in an endeavour to effect a rescue. He recommended that the facts be placed before the Royal Humane Society.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 25, 30 January 1926, Page 10
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