SWIMMING ACCIDENT
GIRL NEARLY LOSES LIRE. STRATFORD, Friday. Severe injuries were received by a 12-year-old schoolgirl named Gwen Wliittleston, who struck a jutting ledge of rock while diving into a swimming pool in King Edward Park. She also came very near to losing her life, as she became dazed by the blow, am} sank. Other children who saw the accident became panic-stricken and ran favay, while a woman who witnessed the occurrence fainted.
Air .Jack Fitzgerald, who was ’passing, dived in and rescued her. but not before she had swallowed a large quantity of water.
Other persons who came on the scene assisted in rendering first aid, and the girl was taken home. Her injuries consist of deep gashes on the forehead and face, the displacement of several teeth, a punctured cheek, and injuries to the shoulders. —(P.A.)
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 24 December 1932, Page 5
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