A narrow escape from drowning was experienced at Wliakatane by Miss Mary Bridger, 18, when she walked out on a springboard on the wharf to observe a scliool of kawhai in the river. Without warning the springboard tilted, the lastenings' having become loose,, and Miss Bridger fell into the river,. which .is very| deep at this point. Hampered by heij clothes, Miss Bridger was in danger of being drowned, when her brother, Mr, Roy Bridger, noting her plight, dived in and rescued her. EMULSION
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18546, 5 November 1934, Page 12
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84Page 12 Advertisements Column 4 Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18546, 5 November 1934, Page 12
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