The most amazingly simple surf accident recorded on a Sydney beach resulted in the death at Manly of Mr William Charles Andrade, 75 years of age. Standing only knee-deep in the surf he was "dumped" by a wave and flung forward. His respiratory nerve was injured and he quickly suffocated. A doctor described the cause of death as extremely rare, although, he said, on a few occasions death had followed similar injuries received when divers' heads struck the bottom. One of the best-known surfers in the Manly district. Mr Andrade, in spite of his advanced age, surfed all the year round before leaving for his business in the city.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 December 1939, Page 3
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