FACED HEAVY SEA TO HELP BATHER.
TWO MEN IN DINGHY CARRY OUT RESCUE. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, January 24. j J. Watterson, of 18, Cardell Street, Wellington, was caught in a treacherous undertow while bathing at Titahi Bay yesterday afternoon and was carried a quarter of a mile from the shore before being rescued. Many hundreds of people on the beach watched two men. W. Johnston and G H. Sharratt, of Wadestown, brave the angry seas in a small dinghy and rescue Watterson as he was on the verge of unconsciousness. On returning to the shore the boat was capsized in the heavy surf and bathers completed the rescue which was so heroically begun. j
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18062, 24 January 1927, Page 1
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115FACED HEAVY SEA TO HELP BATHER. Star (Christchurch), Issue 18062, 24 January 1927, Page 1
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