BEACH ACCIDENTS
HINTS AND TIPS FOR BATHERS LIFESAVERS’ ADVICE What are the chief causes of beach accidents and fatalities? According to leading life-savers, they are:— Indifferent swimming ability; swimming while in poor health; exhaustion through swimming directly against currents; venturing too far out; tendency to panic in an emergency; weak heart; bathing alone;' bathing immediately after meals; swimming close to rocks; bathing after drinking alcoholic liquors. Competent life-savers give this advice:— Always bathe in the marked safety area; if you get into difficulties, the rescue signal is to hold one hand above the head; don’t give false alarms; "don’t struggle against a current—but swim diagonally to the shore;-don’t swim immediately after meals; never bathe when you are cold or chilly; don’t swim too far out; don’t bathe alone. If in trouble, remain calm. Don’t bathe near rocks or at the pnd of a beach—there is usually a scour there. If you happen to be rescuing a person, talk to him. This gives him confidence and calms him and he will rarely struggle.
Other sound advise is: (1) Don’t throw sand at people—every year painful injuries are suffered through this. (2) Don’t leave bottles or tins on a beach—they are . extremely dangerous.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 70, 8 January 1947, Page 7
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201BEACH ACCIDENTS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 70, 8 January 1947, Page 7
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