BOY SAVED FROM DROWNING
PULLED INTO WATER BY BIG FISH (New Zealana Press Association) AUCKLAND. December 20. A 12-year-old boy was rescued from the Waitemata harbour today by two Tasman Empire Airways instrument mechanics. The boy, Malcolm Royce Evans, son of Mr and Mrs H. R. Evans, of 8 Richborne street, Kingsland, was unconscious when brought ashore, but was revived with the aid of oxygen equipment. __ e . n Mr D. A. Armstrong and Mr D. Nelson, the two mechanics, heard cries on the seaward side of the deflector at Mechanics Bay. Mr Armstrong ran down to a jetty and dived in fully clothed, although not a strong swimmer. B Ihe boy collapsed as Mr Armstrong reached him. and Mr Nelson helped to lift him ashore. .JI belie . ved J he boy was pulled * ate r by a Urge fish - He on to his line when P ua<d whore, and his first words on recovering were: “My fish sot away-
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Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28157, 21 December 1956, Page 14
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