MASS BEACH RESCUE
150 Swept Out By Current (N.Z.P.A.-Reuter) DURBAN. Fifty-five bathers, men, women and children, were saved from drowning at Durban's South Beach in what was probably the biggest mass rescue in South Africa’s history. A sudden strong current had carried them into deep water within 150 yards of shark nets. Screams for help came from every direction as five professional Ufe-savems dashed into a sea which seemed to be boiling with struggling bodies. The life-savers were clutched by dozens of hands, but the best they could do was to get the bathers to grab hold of lifelines and surfboards. On the beach, dozens of schoolboys manned the lifeline reels. Many got deep cuts on their hands from pulling the lines, which at times had up to 10 persons on them. The lifesavers took about half an hour to bring all the bathers safely ashore.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30366, 15 February 1964, Page 19
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