SAVED FROM DROWNING
RESCUE AT GREEN BAY Carried out of his depth as he was bathing at Green Bay, near Titirangi, yesterday, a boy of eight was rescued as he was sinking for the third time, and revived only with great difficulty. The boy is a son of Mr. Richard Humphrey, of New Lynn. He drifted from the shore with a slight current, and, seeing his plight, Mr. J. S. Sokolich, of New Lynn, dived from a boat and dragged him ashore. Two members of the St. John Ambulance, Messrs H. Turner and A. Buchanan, were on the beach, and, assisted by a former nurse, Mrs. C. F. Gardiner, succeeded in restoring respiration after half ap hour's work. ,
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 266, 31 January 1928, Page 1
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