BATHING DANGERS
SIX 'LIVES IN JEOPARDY. (A tscrali ■■ Press Association) (I nti d Service.) I Receive:! 1'- day fit 10.3 d. n.m.) •SYDNEY.-.January A Tiiree message states the lives oi two girls anrl four iiiimi were in danger in the surf at Diamond Head, -when a {roaehemus undertow developed. 1 lie two gilds, Misses Carle and Cross, got into difficulties, and were swept- out to sea. Four men, O’Neill, Wittington, 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 unconscious. Miss Cross was eventually brought ashore hv Lite other ..three... Kidd and Bird then went/, to the assistance ol Miss Carle., but Kidd dulled seawards. After, nearly an bout Bird and Miss Carle readied the beach utterly exhausted. . . Kidd was brought ashore with a line and was also in an unconscious state.
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 January 1929, Page 6
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159BATHING DANGERS Hokitika Guardian, 9 January 1929, Page 6
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