CURED IN A MONTH.
SHARK TRAGEDY VICTIM.
STRONG WILL TO LIVE WOMAN RETURNS TO WORK. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received March 10, 9.10 p.m. Sydney, March 10. Miss Derrett. the victim of the Bronti shark tragedy on February 13, has been discharged from hospital fitted with false limbs. She has resumed work with her old employers, and attribute* her recovery to the dominance of her mind, concerning which an ardent preacher de: dares that, but for the strong will to live, she would never have left hospital.
Miss Derrett. when surfing at Bronti, was seized by a large shark. Constable Pushbrook went to her assistance and dragged her from the jaws of the monster. Her left leg was severed below the knee, and she was sent to hospital in a critical condition.
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 March 1924, Page 5
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