SCHOOLGIRLS DROWNED
TWO OTHERS RESCUED FROM WAVES
MAN’S HEROISM IN N.S.W. United P.A.—By Telegraph—Copyright Reed.-11 a.m. % SYDNEY, Today. Two schoolgirls, Thelma Riley, aged 15, and Elvy Hamilton, aged nine, were drowned in the surf at Thirroul, on the south coast. Two others in the same party were rescued at the point of exhaustion. The tragedy was relieved only by the heroism of a beach inspector, Mr. Jack Rankin, who' after rescuing two girls searched for the others. He had to be dragged forcibly from the water, and needed medical attention.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 838, 5 December 1929, Page 9
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