TWO SCHOOLGIRLS DROWNED
HEROIC WORK OF RESCUER. .
By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. '' Sydney, December 5. Two schoolgirls, Thelma Riley, aged 15, and Elvy Hamilton, aged 9, were drowned in the surf at Thirroul, on tho south coast. Two others in the same party were rescued at the point of exhaustion,
The tragedy was relieved only by tho heroism of beach.inspector Jack Rankin, who, after rescuing two, searched for the others. He had to be dragged forcibly from the water, and needed medical attention. ■_
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 December 1929, Page 11
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