"GREATER LOVE—."
A BRAVE LITTLE GIRL. (PBESS ASSOCIATION TELEGBAM.) WANGANUI, January 30. A verdict of accidental death was returned at thp inquest concerning the double drowning accident at Putiki on Thursday, in which two girls, Elizabeth McLean and Cicely Leigh, lost their lives. Tho Coroner, referring to the heroism displayed by Cicely Leigh, said that sho was a brave little soul who gave her life in an endeavour to save her friend. The Coroner also praised the action of tho two women who, though they could not swim, joined hands and walked into the water up to their necks in tho endeavour to effect a rescue. He recommended that tho facts be placed before the Royal Humane Society.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18604, 1 February 1926, Page 5
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