GALLANT RESCUE WORK
MAN SATED FROM PRO WING. eight hour s on a ■ ledge, (By Telegraph. Press Association.) , •;■ .. • "WELLINGTON, Wednesday. A young man named Martin Collins was nearly drowned in a deep pool at Wainui-o-'m'ata stream. Another young man, Jack Olseh, jumped in, fully dressed, and after Collins had sank •three times, succeeded in dragging him on to a ledge. Collins' weight (14 stone) and the steep hanks of the stream prevented him getting any further, but by first aid work Olsen brought Collins round, and they had to stay eight hours on a narrow ledge before they could attract attention. They wtetre then dragged, up by a •rope. Collins had to be removed to hospital.
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Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1579, 27 November 1924, Page 5
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