WOMAN SWEPT INTO SEA.
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING. GALLANT RESCUE BY BRIAN M‘CLEARY. CPs» Uwrr*3 Puehu Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, June 16. Whilst standing on the concrete embankment on a roadway about six miles on the Culverden side of the first tunnel on the Cheviot road on .Sunday three women— Misses M'Cleary (2) and Mrs Surridgo - were washed into the sea, and Brian M'Cleary, the All Black footballer, and well-known boxer, was responsible for saving the life of Mrs Surridgo, whilst the other women wore able to scramble ashore. The women were with a party of Culverden footballers who were returning from Kaikoura. Ak the spot mentioned the road was found to be completely washed away, and the party were forced to leave the car. The concrete embankment on which the women were standing was washed from under their feet, and they had a narrow escape from death. Mrs Surridge was swept away by a huge wave, but M'Cleary, jumping into the sea, was able to reach her and bring her back to the road. The washout is half a chain in length, and the whole width of the road has been washed away. The inland road is tho only passable 'route for any kind of heavy vehicular traffic.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19200, 17 June 1924, Page 4
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