CARRIED TO SEA

Hokitika Guardian, 29 April 1939, Page 6

CARRIED TO SEA

.SUihFURS ; -tJNIMTaW:"

v i SYDNEY, April l7i : Twelve surfers, caught by. a sifting undertow, in a rough sea, were ( qarriea out together at Manly yesterday .V if hour were swept a quarter of a hide before they were picked up by .the surfboai, crew. • ' . 'vJ. Yvise was swimming to rescue a girl, when his lino became tangled on .•‘'rocks. .... . ' : ' V . \ Clutching. the line with tine hand to ease the strain, he slipped out of thei belt and sivam ashore.' : ‘The girl was rescued by another life- - saver.' ' • • :■ -.- > ■■■.' ' ,! ‘ Four rescued persons were landed' at Shell Beach, which is shelterbdv ' - The, surfboat crew feared • tho‘ boat might capkize had they attempted to Mand at Manly.- - * d-*- • i ' * { t ‘ The boat went out- again, rescued • four men, and landed them at the .same beach. M -n . r -*' l - ’f': l ‘

r The-crew then decided to beach the boat at Manly i • . A.> - /■' ‘ When coming ashore a large wave crashed on-them. v-•< ■■ ‘ The boat swoep, FrankDavis,’- had hi&.leg caught,.between the sweep and ; the,quarter-bar. k. ; He was trapped for some seconds until fhe sweep broke: 1 ‘A ; > •' ( lan Oraig,: : and -Donald Stewart te;eeivedv'abrasions as they werej flung ~ out pf the boftb. •< ; » Davis, Cr aig, >a nd Dona Id 1 Wauchopo ‘ were assisted ashore bv lifesaver John Lindsay, who swam out_wi bclt.; : _ Mortimer Capsclelb ,who was also- in .the boat, reached shore unaided. . Oraig said: “The- wave ; was one of the biggest I have seen. When it crashed on us- it -hurled the boat the air..'. A;plank was sjnashed sweep broken.”.-A*: . . J , Lifesayers brought ashore a girl and .two youths... : , . . ••’...-nil . . '<"•*< : forty ..minor .resoues were made at ■Manly during.the day. > V- p-V } Two men were carried out 100 yards at North Bondi*., .. ■ri ' 'a-. - . They,-were brought ashore by the surf-boat. •' A A-,vA v<;. •" Ten minor, rescues• were reported at Bondi/ four .-.at Cronulla, arid four at North .Sfteyoe, **. e ■■■osu: Several surfers • were stung by .iblije-. bottl.es at. Maroubra, and .South; Curl Curl. ~ > ,•; n ”, f »■, *•

South.CurJCurl postponed its .club ehampionshipjelt.race until ttPday, be- 1 icaiiso of rough seas.,-, ... <v. ■ • - ' Thirty surfers were treated at North Cronufia for jellyfish stings. Three sharks, and. '-down Mona Vale-Alumni .beach shortly after 8 • a.m.... but headed ;out to sea half an : ’hour Ater. A *•' Jp-Ar •.Hi* v - -TueA ; k’:. » A.; 7ft .shark . .caught: off - MfiKenzio Point, Bondi, was landed orii the • beach.