SEIZED WITH CRAMP.
SWIMMER'S NARROW ESCAPE. • — •% V ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION. [BY telegraph.—own CORRESPONDENT.] WHANGAREI. Thursday While swimming at Mair Park pool, yesterday evening, Mr. J. R. Gould, a telegraph operator at Whangarei, ..was seized with cramp and was unable to keep his head above water. There were a number of spectators and swimmers at the pool, but at first it was not realised that Mr. Gould was in difficulties and he sank several times before Mr. W. V. Stevenson, a telegraph messenger, went to his assistance and/ with the aid of a young lady swimmer, got him ashore. Artificial respiration was necessary, but Mr. Gould suffered no serious after effects and was able to go on duty later in the evening.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18884, 5 December 1924, Page 8
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