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GALLANT ATTEMPT AT RESCUE ACTION COMMENDED. Por Press Association. DUNEDIN, September 22. The gallant but unavailing attempts made by Dudley Charles Renton to save his mate, Vincent Boustridge, from drowning when their launch capsized at Taieri mouth bar on August 24th, was commented on by the coroner, Mr Bartholomew, at the inquest. Renton twice succeeded in bringing the deceased to the boat, but on the third occasion he had to remain helpless in the boat in which he had tied himself. The coroner commended him for his action, adding that he had done everything to save his mate.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12559, 23 September 1926, Page 6
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101DROWNED FROM LAUNCH New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12559, 23 September 1926, Page 6
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