A GALLANT RESCUE
BRAVE GIRL HONORED. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. Received 4, f1.50, p.m. Fremantle, February 4. At a mooting of citizens Florrie Waters \v;is presented with a purse of sovereigns and aUo £lO subscribed by Sydney citizens.
A cablegram from Fremantle on December 15 said: A heroic and successful struggle by a girl to rescue her father from drowning is reported from Rottnest Island. .Waters, the light-keeper at Tiathurst Point lighthouse, and his daughter, aged eighteen, were fishing when the dinghy upset in the breakers in a narrow passage. Waters was unable to swim. TTis 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 lop 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 220, 5 February 1913, Page 5
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148A GALLANT RESCUE Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 220, 5 February 1913, Page 5
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