MOUNTAINOUS SEAS
BATHERS IN DIFFICULTIES. TRAGEDIES IN N.S.W. [United Press Aaaociation-By CableCopyright.l [Australian Press Assn.-United Service.] (Received 4 } 10.25 a.m.) Sydney, March 4. Mountainous aeas broke on the beaches with terrific force yesterday. At Bondi, Margaret Purge, aged 17, and a companion were sitting on the rocks when a huge wave washed them into a crevasse. The girl’s skull wa.s fractured and sheu. died shortly afterwards. Her companion received spinal injuries. Two foreigners were swept out fully a mile by a strong current at Manly. Twenty-five thousand people watohe the surfmen battle for over an houi rescuing them. Manv life-savers and bathers at other beaches were badly knocked about. At St. Kilda beach, Melbourne, Walter Eson was drowned in rough water. t
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 65, 4 March 1929, Page 5
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