BABY TOSSED BY SURF
15 MINUTES IN WATER RESCUED ALIVE BY MOTHER ■) GISBORNE, Thursday lo be waslied in and out of the sea by successive waves and pounded by tieavv seas, yet suffer ih> apparent illciiects, was the remarkable experience ol Mephen \ ant it. aged ]8 months, son oi Mr. and .Mrs. \\*. Vautier, of Wniuui. \\ lien the child was missed an immediate search was made by the mother, but since it was unusual for him to go near the beach it was some time before she looked in that direction. Finally -lie saw the child left high and dry by a receding wave, and she reached him in time to bold him up while another wave swirled about her to a depth of I'lt. or 3ft. Residents of the locality had watched nn object thrown about by the sea for lite best part of a quarter of an hour without realising that it was a little
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 24032, 1 August 1941, Page 6
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