BATHING ACCIDENT.
A man named William Wardell, s*. -M ing at New Brighton, had a n_mjv'-/l escape from drowning yesterday ah»,r v*£ noon. It appears that Wardell his brother, was bathing at Boy, New Brighton—a well-known _n4">fr popular bathing ground. Wardell, vWv?'* was an indifferent swimmer, got onfc tf/V his depth, and was soon in His brother went to his assistance, boL""? ;i could do very little, and both mentit-t. in imminent danger. - •■;*?[£' Fortunately, the attention of ,*onn\*p young men camping in the vieo_jb_'*?V. was attracted to the dangerous pHrifr .''" of tho two brothers, and they effected*. Ka rescue. William Wardell had '<■ lowed a very largo quantity of w«t(f s'./H and artificial respiration had to, employed by the rescuers to wrforli'inbreathing. The ambulance was teat 'it? for, and in it Wardell was conveyetj.ti .„;£''• tho Hospital. '-"-'r'-T;^ liast evening the man's condition ':K was regarded as serious. A good fal< ti'' of water had got into his in such cases there is always a " of completo collapse. Wardell, it J£<k-£ stated, is a recent arrival from -H» r ii Old Country. * ' ™'^?
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 13936, 9 January 1911, Page 8
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180BATHING ACCIDENT. Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 13936, 9 January 1911, Page 8
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