TRAGEDY AVERTED
SENSATION ON WHARF WOMAN FALLS INTO HARBOUR (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 15. As the Manuka was leaving Lyttelton on Saturday night a sensation was caused when a woman, who was waving to friends on the steamer, fell over the wharf into the water. But for the smart action of the master of the steamer in stopping the propellor a tragedy might have occurred-. The woman was rescued by her husband and' a seaman.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19920, 16 August 1927, Page 7
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76TRAGEDY AVERTED Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19920, 16 August 1927, Page 7
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