BATHING TRAGEDY
RESULT OF A RESCUE. (By Telegraph—Press Association). CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 30. The body 'of Stanley Rinaldi, aged 23, drowned on January 17th. while attempting to save a young woman from drowning at Pines Beach, Kairaki, was recovered to-day at Saltwater Creek. At the inquest to-day, Miss F. Richards, giving evidence, said she accompanied Rinaldi to Pines Beach, where ,they bathed. They had been in the Tw'ater only a few minutes when she found herself out of her depth, and called for assistance. Rinaldi came to her aid, and held her up for some time. Despite a heavy sea and a strong undertow Rinaldi pushed and dragged her near the shore, where two other bathers came, in answer to Rinaldi’s call, and took her to safety. Rinaldi said then that he was exhausted, and immediately he was swept out by the s.trong undertow into the breakers. Efforts to reach him were vain. The Coroner, before giving a verdict of accidental death by drowning, commended the gallant conduct of Rinaldi, who had given his life to save Miss Richards.
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Hokitika Guardian, 31 January 1929, Page 3
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