DROWNED WHEN SURF BATHING.
Auckland, Jan. 11. George Iliggott, aged 21, was drowned while surf bathing on Mnriwai beach on (he west coast yesterday. He was well out in the surf, being - accompanied by a younger brother named Hartley, when a big breaker caught the two in the backwash, sweeping them further out. The danger was observed, and a. fishing line was thrown out to them. Hartley wound the line round his body and made a game effort to reach his brother, who was further out. He threw the end of the line to within five yards of the struggling man, who could not-reach it, and was carried away by the strong undercurrent. Hartley’s strength failed, and he was drawn in by the line and lifted out, unconscious. An effort to recover the body of George failed.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2378, 12 January 1922, Page 3
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137DROWNED WHEN SURF BATHING. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2378, 12 January 1922, Page 3
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