KAHANAMOKU AS LIFE SAVER
IiEADS RESCUE OF YACHTING PARTY. TWELVE TAKEN ASHORE. FIVE DROWNED. [By Electric Cable —Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z Cable Association.! (Received Tuesday, 7 p.m.) NEW YORK, June 15. Duke Kahanamoku, the Hawaiian swimmer, figured prominently in the rescue of a fishing party of seventeen aboard the Newport yacht Thelma, which capsized. Kahanamoku made six trips on a surf board, bringing one ashore each trip. Kahanamoku then assisted the other rescuers to secure six more of the Thelma's party and later located the bodies of the live who were drowned.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2709, 17 June 1925, Page 8
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92KAHANAMOKU AS LIFE SAVER Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2709, 17 June 1925, Page 8
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