FREAK WAVE SWEEPS MAN TO DEATH
Peceived Fridav, 0.00 p.m. SYDXEY, Sept. 26. A frcak wave rising stiddenlv out of a cairn sea. swept a lisherman to death off the rocks below the South Head lighthouse today. A man and his friend clinibed .'500 feet down the rocks today and walked tlie hazardous halfmile along the sea swept cliff edges. They had been fishing for aliout an hour when the 1 reaeherous wave rose. The friend velled a warning and dashel for safety. The ])oliee launeh Neniesis later rgcovered tlie body.
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Chronicle (Levin), 27 September 1947, Page 5
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