SAVED FROM DROWNING.
ANGLERS IN DIFFICULTIES. WASHED INTO LAGOON. RESCUED JUST IN TIME. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH. Monday. Two ang'ers had a narrow escape from drowning at the mouth of the Rakaia River on Saturday. They were fishing with others on the spit betwesn the sea and a lagoon formed by the backwater of the river A heavy sea was running and an exceptionally large wave washed Mr. R. Qirney off the spit into the lagoon. His brother, Air. J. Carney, in attempting to rescue him, was also washed into the lagoon by another wave. Both men were in difficulties and were being drawn toward the mouth of the river by the current when they were rescued by a party of anglers who had been fishing on the spit some distance away. They were brought ashore in an exhausted condition.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19604, 5 April 1927, Page 8
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