A MODERN GRACE DARLING.
CffiL SAVES TIER FATHER. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 15, 5.5 p.m. Fremantle, December 15. A heroic and successful struggle by a girl to rescue her father from drowning is reported from Itottnest Island. Waters, tile light-keeper at- liathurst Point lighthouse, and his daughter, aged eighteen, were fishing when the dinghy upset in the breakers ill a narrow passage. Waters was unable to swim. His daughter was a powerful swimmer. Time after time the pair were washed from the upturned boat. The girl each time brought her father back. Several times the boat overturned on top of the man. and the girl dived under and dragged him out. She struggled for an hour, till help was forthcoming.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 179, 16 December 1912, Page 5
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120A MODERN GRACE DARLING. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 179, 16 December 1912, Page 5
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