NARROW ESCAPE
WASHED INTO SEA. RESCUE OF WOMEN. (by TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.') CHRISTCHURCH, ./line 16. Mhi Ist standing on a concrete embankment on the roadway about six miles on the Culverden side of the first tunnel on the Cheviot Road on Sunday, three women—Mrs McCleary (two) and Mrs Surridge—were washed into- the sea and Brian McCleary, the All Black footballer and well-known boxer, was responsible for saving the life of Mrs Surridge, whilst.,the other women, were able to scramble ashore themselves. The women were with a party of Clllverden footballers, who were returning from Kaikoura. At the spot mentioned the road was found to be completely washed away and the party were forced to leave the car. The concrete embankment. on which the women were standing was washed front under their feet, and they had a narrow escape from death.
Mrs Surridge was swept away by a huge wave, but McCleary, jumping into the sea, was able to reach her and bring her back to the road. The washout is half a chain in length, and the whole width of the road is washed away. The inland road is the only possible route for m-y kind of heavy vehicular traffic.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 17 June 1924, Page 7
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200NARROW ESCAPE Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 17 June 1924, Page 7
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