FISHERMEN'S PERIL.
NARROW ESCAPE AT RAKAIaS ' MOUTH. ' m About leu chains from the months the Rakaia river on Saturday aftag| noon, a number of anglers was imk ing on the spit between the sea;M|l the lagoon formed by. a backwaterJjp the Rakaia river. An esceptionwM heavy sea was running, and Bnddfi£|| a very high wave broke over the W washing Mr R. Carney off his the lagoon. His brother, Mr J. (S ney, in attempting a rescue, 'was h§| washed into the lagoon by anoj|t|l big wave. • J^p Both men were submerged and m| being drawn towards the mouth ofi||| river by the current, when a parj|}raS|| Rakaia fishermen, who were 4'(bun higher up the spit, rushed to tneii!s|l sistance and rescued them froui,fcOTg perilous position. Both ™ en H||fll landed in an exhausted condHions||| after restoratives had been Mr W. Sturgiss, of Brighton, mwMM, veyed to their home by boat. i|§| spit at the present time gerous for fishermen, high water when a heavy swell fr^Rlsfl
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18968, 5 April 1927, Page 8
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