RESCUE OF ANGLERS
CATGUT BY HI SING WATERS ax exciting time (Pea Press Association > Christchurch. April J<» Throe n had u narrow osoajK* whin lishin.tr oii a shingle bank of the Waimnkariri river yesterday owing to the rapid rise of the river due to heavy rain on the hills. They found themselves isolated and one man attempted to wade ashore for help, hut when the waters hail reached liis shoulders lie turned hack. The other shouted and managed to attract the attention of passing motorists across a bridge* The motorists secured a rope and the men "ere hauled to safety. In a few minutes the swirling waters covered the bank.
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Feilding Star, Volume 10, Issue 3997, 11 April 1933, Page 6
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