BATHER'S LONG DRIFT.
RESCUED UNCONSCIOUS, ~ LONDON, Sent. 21.. • 'What is 'regarded. as a bathing miracle is reported from Eastbourne. Mr. Hargreaves,' a sturdy visitor, from Blackburn, went, for a swim at' 1.30 p.m., leaving his clothes under a rock. He was' found at 5.30 p.m.; seven miles away. A coastguard,; noticing what,; no thought was a corpse, rescued Hargreaves, who was unconscious. ; After half an hour's artificial respiration,' Irs. revived, and explained that he lost the use of his; legs. He turned on his back to float, and was carried away by swift currents.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18519, 2 October 1923, Page 7
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