DOUBLE TRAGEDY
MAN AND WOMAN DROWNED
UNHEEDED WARNING
(By Telegraph.—Pres3 Association.)
NEW PLYMOUTH, 20th Jan.
Greenmeadows Beach, at Opunake. was the scene of a surf tragedy this ovoning, Mary Doreen Hammond, aged 26,' and Thomas Pennington, aged 28, both of Mangatoki, being drowned.
The girl called at a bach on the beach and asked for a rope and a belt, as she was going to be taught to swim. She was warned by Mr/ N. E. M'Kenzie (New Plymouth) that the sea was dangerous, and advised her to swim in the river, but the girl said she liked the sea. The two were seen to go into- the sea, but were presently missed. Mr. M'Ken2ie immediately rang up the Opunake Life-saving Club, half a milo away, and in twenty minu.tes. a team was on the Bpot. The body of the girl was found floating, and efforts of .a doctor for half an hour failed to produce any sign of life. Men were patrolling the beach to-night, but at a late hour the man's body had not been found.
In the commendable attempt at rescue a member of the team, George Mayor, got into difficulties, but was brought ashore by his brother Jack.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 17, 21 January 1927, Page 6
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202DOUBLE TRAGEDY Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 17, 21 January 1927, Page 6
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