SURF TRAGEDY.
TWO LIVES LOST. By Telegraph—Press Association. NEW PLYMOUTH, Jan. 20. Greenmeadovvs beach, Opunake, was the scene of a surf tragedy this evening. Mary Doreen Hammond, aged 26, and Thomas Pennington, 28, both of Mangatoki, were drowned. . The girl called at a bach on the beach and asked for a rope and belt, as. she was going to be taught to swim.- She was warned by Mr N. R.. McKenzie (New Plymouth), that the sea was dangerous, and was advised to swim in the river, but she said that she liked the -sea. The couple were seen to go into the sea, but were presently missed. ; 'Mr McKenzie immediately rang the Opunake Life Saving Club, half a mile away, and in twenty minutes a team was on the spot. The body of the girl was found floating on the surface, and the efforts of a doctor for half an hour failed to revive any sign of life. Men were patrolling the beach tonight, but at a late hour no trace of the man’s body was found. In a commendable rescue attempt a member of the team' (George Mayor) got into difficulties, but was brought ashore by his brother Jack.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 21 January 1927, Page 9
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200SURF TRAGEDY. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 21 January 1927, Page 9
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