LONG IMMERSION

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21606, 8 January 1945, Page 2

LONG IMMERSION

TWO SWEPT OUT TO SEA ONE MAN SUCCUMBS i p.A.) WELLINGTON, Jan. 8. About an hour and a-half after his admission to Wellington Hospital, where the "iron lung” was used in an unavailing attempt at resuscitation. Mr. John Brown Scott, aged 44, of the siafi 1 of the Union Bank ot Australia. Wellington, died at 9.45 n.m. on Saturday from the effects of long immersion in the surf at Titahi Bav, , who I*o ho had boon carried out while bathing from the beach five hours earlier when caught in a strong ripMr. Scott resided at 312 Tinakori road. He was born in Catlins. Oiago, and his wife and two young children were absent on holiday at Roxburgh when the fatality occurred. He made a tenacious fight for life, and ids fate was nenrlv shared by a fellow-bather. Mr. R. J. Thomas, aged 39. accountant in the same hank in Wellington. Both men had been only a short time in the water when, with the spring tide on the ebb and a heavy sea running, they were suddenly swept away hv the terrific undertow. The plight of the men was noticed, but the heavy surf made it impossible to launch a boat. After over an hour in the sea Mr. Thomas eventually succeeded in coming in across the current and reached the shore in an exhausted state. Mr. Scott was still struggling, but when two members of ttie Titahi Bay Surf Club set out on his rescue he disappeared. After a search his body was found floating' (iOvris from the He was still pii\”» rnd restorative measures were applied. Later he was taken to hospital by ambulance.