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Evening Star, Issue 17923, 20 March 1922, Page 2

An exciting incident, fortunately without any serious sequel, took place just after a steamer had cast off her lines from the Thames wharf with a large gathering of Thames old boys excursionists aboard (relates tho Auckland 'Star'). A young woman, pushed forward by the eager crowd of farewellers on the wharf, with a loud spash fell overboard, causing not a littlo excitement. A local policeman was quickly in the water to the rescue of the young lady, but a sharp westerly bree-so blowing at the time, together with 'the churned and muddy incoming tide waters, made tho water somewhat lively, and the task by no means an easy one. The swill of tho tide through the wharf piles also told against tho swimming powers of the man in blue, who, noticing that the young lady was vigorously striking out on her own, mado for tho piles, and, hauling his wet and unhappy body out of the water on to a stringer, awaited his own rescue. Meanwhile a. yonn# man had also jumped overboard on rescue bent, and supported the young woman until assistance arrivedThe innocent cause of tho excitement and the soaking of two rescuers took her own .wotting very ehfigrfuHjr,