RESCUED FROM BREAKERS.
GIRL SWIMMER'S CLOSE CALL.
CAUGHT IN RECEDING TIDE. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] NEW PLYMOUTH. Monday. After taking a risk "by swimming be-* yond the breakers when the tide was going out, a girl, Molly Femmell, of Stratford, was saved from drowning by good rescue work on Fitzroy Beach on Boxing Day. Three bathers, including the girl Femmell, entered the water when the beach was deserted. They began to swim in, battling straight against the set. The girl became exhausted and after a time was in difficulties. Her companions did their best to help her and the situation was becoming critical when the. alarm was given. The beach patrol then brought her in, after 15 minutes' swimming against the sea. She revived after a few minutes of resuscitation efforts.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20759, 30 December 1930, Page 6
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