THE U.S. TIDAL WAVE DISASTER.
A NOBLE HEROINE
(United Press Association—Copyright.) .Received August 31, 10.55 p.m. . ;■ NEW YORK, August 31. - Mrs Sar.ah/Rook, telephone operator s at.Polsom, on learning of the approach . of a wall of water, telephoned to 40 families, enabling them ,to saye v themselves and their families. - 1 The, telephone bureau was {wrecked, and Mrs Rook's mutilated body' was found 12 miles-distant, the telephone receiver still fixed to her head.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12145, 1 September 1908, Page 5
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