A BRAVE EFFORT
(By Tolcirraph—Special Oorrssponilcnl) Auckland, February 2, Tho Dargavillo conesiiondent of the "Herald ,, roports that n case of conspicuous binvcry occurred in connection with tho drowning of Albert Wyatt. When the deceased fell off tho wharf a spectator, named Michael Boyle, without divesting himself of any garments, jumpod into tho strong tide to effect a rescue. He dived and managed, to grasp Wyntt hj tho hair, and .swam for a wharf into 0 fcH distant As ho reached the pile deceased slipped from hi! fingers, and disappeared. Boylo then undressed] and, assisted by tiro other men, dived repeatedly, but was unable to loeato tlm bodj, which was disxomed eight dajs later in tho Awaiciiia Creek, nine uiilos away from where tlio accident occurred.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1974, 3 February 1914, Page 8
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125A BRAVE EFFORT Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1974, 3 February 1914, Page 8
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