STRUGGLE IN WAVES
BONDI SURF CLUB MEN RECOVERY OF A BODY Received Julv 1. 6.30 p.m. SYDNEI, July 1. live Bondi Surf Club men to-day. in a heavy sea, undertook the grim and hazardous task of recovering a body at some distance from the shore After hauling the body into a boat they commenced to return, when a nuge wave crashed down, overturning rhe boat, and scattered the surf moi in all directions. They eventually succeeded in righting th® boat, and were surprised to find the body still wedged under the scat. The men were unable to make the shore, so a line wa< run out and they were hauled t< the beach Thp body was later identified arthat of a local council employee, some of whoso personal effects were among the kc-cks.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 154, 2 July 1934, Page 8
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