PEARL DIVER KILLED
AIRPIPE BROKEN BY WHALE FATALITY NEAR BROOME PERTH, July 25 K. Sakai, the head diver of Gregory and Company's pearling fleet, lost his life to-day when below water near Broome. His airpipo was fouled by a whale and torn out at tho coupling in the diving helmet, thus allowing water to enter the diving-dress. Sakai was dead when he was hauled on board. This is the first fatality caused by a whale amofig the Broome pearling fleet.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22481, 27 July 1936, Page 10
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