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Christchurch. June 16
Whilst standing on a concrete embankment on the roadway about six miles oil the Culverden side of the first tunnel on the Cheviot road on Sunday, three women, Airs M'Oleary (2) and Mrs Sufridge, were washed into the sea. Mr Brian MClearv, the AH Black and well-known boxer. was responsible for saving the life of Mrs Surridge. whilst the other women were able -to scramble ashore themselves. The women were with a party of Culverden footballers. who were returning from Kaikoura. At the spot mentioned the road was found t i he completely washed away, and the party was forced to leave the car in which they were travelling. The i-onerete embankment in which the women were standing was washed from under their feet, and they find a narrow escape from death. Mrs Surridge was swept away by a huge wave, hut Mr M’Clearv, jumping into the sea, was able to reach her and bring her hack Jo the road.
The washout is half a chain in length, and the whole width of the road is washed away. The inland road is the only passable route for anv kind of heavy vehicular traffic.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2747, 19 June 1924, Page 3
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200RESCUED BY AN ALL-BLACK. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2747, 19 June 1924, Page 3
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