GIRL'S NARROW ESCAPE
The narrow escape of a young girl from frowning at Ron a Bay on Thursday afternoon, emphasised to the members of the party with whom she was swimming Ahat it is never wise to take the safety of any beach for granted. One of a party of six, the girl, who was aged about 15, was swimming with them in shallow water near the Rona Bay Wharf when they all suddenly' stepped out of their depth,' supposedly believed into* a channel which had recently been dredged for the ferry boat. With the exception of the girl, the members of the party soon regained shallow water, but she rapidly got into difficulties, and by the time she was rescued was unconscious. The district nurse at Eastbourne was soon on the scene and artificial respiration was begun. The girl soon recovered, and was taken to the Eastbourne Hotel, where she was staying with her mother. ; I
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 18, 22 January 1945, Page 3
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