GREAT CATCH
NETS HALF-DROWN ED MAN - 4 LONDON, September 20. Fishermen trawling in Sandwich Bay felt a terrific tug at their net , accompanied by a commotion under the water. Believing that a huge fish was they hauled in swiftly , and rvere amazed to find , instead of a fish , a half-drowned Dover tradesman , named George William Mean. He was taken to hospital and recovered. His walking-stick was found ashore. Mean's first remark on opening his eyes was , “It takes a long time to drown , doesn't it?"
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 162, 29 September 1927, Page 1
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85GREAT CATCH Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 162, 29 September 1927, Page 1
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