TWENTY-SEVEN RESCUES
TEN YEARS' RECORD In rescuing three youths from overturned sailing boat off Lytte ton Heads recently, Mr. J. Jeffries, of the launch Stornowav, performed his 27tli rescue in the last 10 years. ® described his latest rescue as one 0 the most difficult lie has made, heavy sea was running and one 01 youths, a non-swimmer, had ,£ r ? nl P both legs and could not leave the c psized boat. Mr. Jeffries recalledjbat f once he picked up three bens * ro , overturned boat and found one flant, ing 011 up to the chin in water " portable gramophone held betu ee legs. Ho refused to be hauled into th launch until the gramophone n.iu salvaged.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23169, 15 October 1938, Page 12
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