ISABEL BURNS, AGED THIRTEEN, DAUGHTER OF A SIGNALMAN AT ADDERLEY HEAD. WAS BLOWN OUT SEAWARD FROM PORT COOPER IN A DINGHY WITH HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS. JACK (11), STANLEY (9), PHYLLIS (4). AND HARRY (2). ROWING BACK AGAINST THE GALE, JACK LOST HIS OAR. OWING TO THE COLD. AND ISABEL, PUTTING A LINE ROUND HER BODY, TRIED TO SWIM ASHORE, BUT WAS HELD BACK BY THE KELP GROWING NEAR THE CLIFFS. SHE WAS HAULED BACK, AND A RESCUE WAS ULTIMATELY EFFECTED BY THE TUG. (Special “Star" photo.)
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17349, 14 May 1924, Page 1
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87ISABEL BURNS, AGED THIRTEEN, DAUGHTER OF A SIGNALMAN AT ADDERLEY HEAD. WAS BLOWN OUT SEAWARD FROM PORT COOPER IN A DINGHY WITH HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS. JACK (11), STANLEY (9), PHYLLIS (4). AND HARRY (2). ROWING BACK AGAINST THE GALE, JACK LOST HIS OAR. OWING TO THE COLD. AND ISABEL, PUTTING A LINE ROUND HER BODY, TRIED TO SWIM ASHORE, BUT WAS HELD BACK BY THE KELP GROWING NEAR THE CLIFFS. SHE WAS HAULED BACK, AND A RESCUE WAS ULTIMATELY EFFECTED BY THE TUG. (Special “Star" photo.) Star (Christchurch), Issue 17349, 14 May 1924, Page 1
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