ALMOST A TRAGEDY.
SIX LIVES ENDANGERED. TREACHEROUS UNDERTOW. GALLANT RESCUERS. (By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. (Australian Press Association.) (Received January 9, 10.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, Jan. 9. A Taree 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. The two girls, Misses Carle and Cross, got into difficulties, and were swept out to sea. The four men, Messrs O’Neill, Wellington, 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 carried a quarter of a mile along the beach and was rescued in an unconscious state. Miss Cross was eventually brought ashore by the other three. Kidd and Bird then went to the assistance of Miss Carle, but Kidd drifted seawards.
After nearly an hour Bird and Miss Carle reached the beach utterly exhausted.
Kidd was brought ashore with a line, also in an unconscious state.
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Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17605, 9 January 1929, Page 7
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164ALMOST A TRAGEDY. Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17605, 9 January 1929, Page 7
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