GREAT WAVE
CAUSED BY SUBMARINE UPHEAVAL SWEEPS ESPLANADE IN AUSTRALIA. NUMBER OF PEOPLE ENGULFED. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 12.20 p.m.) SYDNEY. This Day. A great wave, caused by local submarine upheaval, swept across the Cronulla Beach Esplanade on Sunday morning, engulfing a number of people. Some saved themselves from being carried out to sea by the receding wave by grasping railings across which they were, being washed. Others were rescued by life-savers. A girl walking along the esplanade had her skirt torn by the wave, ■ which was more than eight fept deep when it reached the roadway.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 May 1943, Page 4
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