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ATTEMPTS TO RESCUE FRIEND By Telegraph.—l’bess association. Dunedin, September 22. The gallant but unavailing attempts made by Dudley Charles Renton to save his’mate, Vincent Boustridge, from drowning, when their launch capsized at Taieri mouth bar on August 24, were commented on by the Coroner, Mr. J. R. Bartholomew, S.M., at the inquest. Renton twice succeeded in bringing deceased to the boat, but on the third occasion he had to remain helpless in the boat in which he had tied himself. The Coroner commended him for his action, adding that he bad done everything to sate his mate.
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 307, 23 September 1926, Page 8
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