DESPERATE EFFORT
ATTEMPT AT RESCUE FAILS.
MAN DROWNED NEAR DUNEDIN. By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, Jan. 21. Robert Walker, single, aged 22, was drowned yesterday. He and a friend, James F. Campbell, were bathing on the ocean side of the wharf, both being outside the breakers.
Mr. Campbell made desperate rescue efforts. Twice his grip on Mr. Walker was broken and finally when he got the half conscious man on his back he was washed off, to sink immediately. The body was not recovered.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 January 1935, Page 9
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