BATHERS' CLOSE CALL.
WOMAN AND GIRL SAVED. TWO PLUCKY MAORIS. [BX telegraph.—own X>KKESZ'OKDEKT J i HAMILTON. .Wedwdar ' While bathing in the Waikato River at Hbrahora a few days ago, Mrs. Burgess and her daughter Kaucy, ag<2d 12, neither of whom could swim, had a narrow escape from drowning. rhoy got into a hole and the crvrent swept them well out into the river. Two Maoris, Mrs. Samuel 3, and her sister, Lizzi» Daniels, aged 14, dived into the river and swam to the rescue of the bathers. Miss Daniels, after a great struggle, got Nancy Burgess ashore, but was too exhausted to go back and give Mis. Samuels assistance with Mrs. . Burgess. It was with the greatest difficulty that Mrs Samuels got Mrs. Burgess ashore, an the latter was helpless, and die also had a strong current to fight against. ;
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18551, 8 November 1923, Page 8
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