MOTHER RESCUED
YOUNG SWIMMER’S COURAGE LONDON, Aug. 11.
A 12-year-old boy swimmer named Matthews was swept out to sea by the current at Mawganporth, on the Cornwall coast, together with his mother, father, and uncle. The boyretained his hold on his mother, and. with what spectators described as amazing coolness, brought her back to safety. Matthews, when he staggered ashore, learned that his father and uncle were drowned.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26229, 13 August 1946, Page 5
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