SWEPT OFF ROCKS.
RETURNED BY THIRD WAVE. MAORI FISHERMAN'S LUCK. A Maori, John Peiemona, of Waimauku, had a narrow escape from drowning at Muriwai at seven o'clock yesterday morning, when he was fishing. He got down on to a ledge to untangle his fishing line, and a wave swept him into the sea. Though he has a paralysed leg and has to walk with a. crutch, ho managed to keep afloat. A fellow fisherman, Mr. D. Allen, of Hamilton, then got down on to the ledge and, after two waves had taken the Maori further away, a third brought him nearer and his rescuer managed to pull him out by the arm. A third man, Mr. Vercoe, of Auckland, held Mr. Allen as he reached out. A fairly heavy sea was running at the time and the tide was going out.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 42, 20 February 1933, Page 3
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