AUSTRALIAN HEROINE
GOLD MEDAL AWARDED NEWCASTLE SHARK TRAGEDY (Australian Press Association) SYDNEY, Wednesday. I Miss Lucy Donaldson, the heroine 'of the Merewether Beach shark ! tragedy on April 4, when she swam Ito the assistance of the late Mr. ! Arthur Lane, has been awarded the j gold medal of the Koyal Shipwreck ; Relief and Humane Society. She is believed to be the first woman to be ' | so honoured. I Miss Lucy Donaldson, who is 20 years ; - old, swam to the assistance of Mr. Arthur i , Lane, who was attacked by a shark while , ’ bathing in the surf at Merewether , Beach, Newcastle. on April 4. She ■ ' frightened the shark away and dragged ; . ! Mr. Lane to shore, but he succumbed to ' i his terrible injuries. - ' ■ ■—
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 327, 12 April 1928, Page 1
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