SAVED FROM THE SURF
A GRUELLING FIGHT GIRLS CAUGHT IN UNDERTOW. [Australian I* if- Assn. I SYDNEY, Jan. 9. A Tarec message states that the lives of two girls and four men were in danger in the surf at Diamond Head, when a treacherous undertow’ developed. Two girls, Misses Carle and Cross, got into difficulties and were swept out to sea. Four men. O'Neill. Wettington. Bird and Kidd made gallant rescue efforts. O’Neill grasped Miss Carle, but after a grim struggle, was forced to release his hold. O’Neill was earned a quarter of a mile along the beach and rescued unconscious.
Miss Cross was eventually brought ashore by the other three. Kidd and Bird then went to the assistance ot Miss Carle, but Kidd drifted seaward”. After nearly an hour Bird and Carle reached the beach utterly exhausted. Kidd was brought ashore with a line, also in an unconscious state.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 8, 10 January 1929, Page 7
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150SAVED FROM THE SURF Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 8, 10 January 1929, Page 7
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