NAPIER.
This day,
J. T. C, Cooke, sub-editor of the Daily Telegraph, had a narrow escape from drowning this morning. While having his morning swim in the sea. he found he was being carried out by the current. After a long and unsuccessfnl effort to reach the shore, he cried out for assistance and was heard by W. Miller, the gaoler, who ran down the hill to the police station and pro cured a life buoy, and a rope ; Fred. Howard, of the post office, seized the buoy and swam out, and succeeded in placing it over Cooks head just as he was sinking for the third time. He was then hauled ashore by the rope. Cook had been in the water about three quarters of an hour before he was rescued. He was carried home, where he remains in a weak condition.
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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4975, 19 December 1884, Page 2
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143NAPIER. Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4975, 19 December 1884, Page 2
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