FISHING FATALITY.
DESPERATF? CTRUGGLE FOR LIFE. A SON'S HEROrSM. (fress association telegram.) AUCKLAND, September 27. Frederick Ernest Farley, aged 08. a brother of Mr C. T. Farley, t-he proprietor of a boarding-house at Karekare, on the West Coast, was drownod while fishing off the rocks on the beach. He was taken unawares by an unusually high wave, and slipped into deep water, striking bis bead on a rock as he fell. His son, Frederick, aged 24. dived into the water and seized his rather, and for two hours «etrugglod to assist him back to the rock. Finally he was forced to release his hold of his father, and. with difficulty, struggled to safety himself. Frederick was found by his cousin hanging on to a rock quite exhausted, and so bruised that he was unable to walk.
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Press, Volume LI, Issue 15395, 28 September 1915, Page 3
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