RESCUE FROM DROWNING.
By Telegraph.—Press Association.
Greyniouth, December 28 A rescue from drowning was effected to-day at the Greyniouth Wharf at 5.3 p.m.,' when Austin Coom, aged 55, of Cobden, fell into the river, striking a fishing-boat in the course of his 20ft. fall, and breaking several ribs. Loyala Hales dived after him from the wharf, and at the second attempt rescued Coom, whose condition remains some,what serious.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19281229.2.5
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 81, 29 December 1928, Page 2
Word Count
68RESCUE FROM DROWNING. Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 81, 29 December 1928, Page 2
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.