BATHERS ENDANGERED BY MOUNTAINOUS WAVES
Storm Area Strikes Congested Beach ONE LIFE LOST AND TWO PERSONS MISSING United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Thursday, 9.45 p.m. NEW YORK, Aug. 19. A report from Atlantic City (New Jersey) states that one bather is known to have been drowned and two others are missing, while nearly 150 were rescued, when a series of mountainous waves suddenly swept tho beaches of that watering place, the most popular in America. The waves, which are believed to have been caused by a storm area, struck tho most congested section of the beach, lifting the surprised bathers on the crests and sweeping them seaward. Thousands of others, ashore, stood by horrified. Life guards, undaunted by the raging sea, Towed to tho rescue of the struggling bathers. One boat, loaded with 18 rescued, was capsized by the heavy sea, but the guards succeeded in righting the craft and drawing the bathers aboard again.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6633, 21 August 1931, Page 7
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156BATHERS ENDANGERED BY MOUNTAINOUS WAVES Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6633, 21 August 1931, Page 7
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