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DANGEROUS' CURIOSITY. January'' 11' The nian charged with attempting los derail the express at Horsham, e-aid lie did it to see what the. train would do.
Received 1.8 a.m., January 13th. S F.N .SAT lON A L 1N C-1'I) i : .NT. S.YDNKY, January 12.
A • life-eaving carnival, which- was (he outcome- of the recent beach-bathing fatalities, was arranged at Newcastle, and provided a .'-.ensalional incident. While tiie niembeis of the Manly LifeSaving Club were giving a display, a pilot boat crew of five men stationed "in the oraif to be in readiness in the event of an.accident, capsized in the heavy rollers. The spectators and other swimmero, thinking, this -was part of the programme, took little notice until .ihe men who 'were clinging to tiie boat had beennve exhausted. Visaing .life-stivers then vainly attempted tn_ ieach the crew,'and the rocket brigade also failed to get a line out. L.\vntiially the men were rescued in a distic-si-ed condition, while drifting out to sea. by a boat lir-hing in the" localiiy.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13491, 13 January 1908, Page 5
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