GIRLS DROWNED
SWEPT OUT BY UNDERTOW [ Australian T, ress Assn. 1 MELBOURNE, Dec. 6. Violet Lewis, aged eight, and Ailcen Lacey, aged 10, were caught by a strong undertow and carried out to sea and drowned at the South Melbourne beach. Two others were saved. Harry Prest, a life-saver, after strenuous efforts, brought one girl ashore, but efforts to revive her failed. The body of the other victim was later washed ashore.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 290, 7 December 1928, Page 8
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72GIRLS DROWNED Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 290, 7 December 1928, Page 8
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